Usage:
Flat Rock Member of Raccoon Mountain Formation of Gizzard Group (TN)
Geologic age:
Early Pennsylvanian (Bashkirian; Namurian; early Morrowan)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: along AL Highway 117, north of Norwood Cove and 6 mi northwest of Flat Rock, in NW/4 sec. 25, T. 2 S., R. 8 E., Sand Mountain, Jackson Co., northeastern AL (Wilson, 1975).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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