Usage:
Falls Mills Sandstone Member of Hinton Formation (VA*,WV*)
Geologic age:
Late Mississippian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: just west of Falls Mills Station, where it makes falls across Bluestone River, [approx. Lat. 37 deg. 16 min. 32 sec. N., Long. 81 deg. 18 min. 42 sec. W., Bramwell 15-min quadrangle], Tazewell Co., southwestern VA (Reger, 1926).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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