Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †Fork Ridge Sandstone Member of †Mingo Formation (KY*,TN*) reallocated to Breathitt Formation [or Pikeville Formation of Breathitt Group] in KY, and to Slatestone Formation in TN. See Breathitt, Pikeville, and Slatestone.)
Geologic age:
late Early to early Middle Pennsylvanian (late Bashkirian to early Moscovian; Westphalian; latest Morrowan to early Atokan)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Fork Ridge, Bell Co., southeastern KY (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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