Usage:
Kahatchee Mountain Group (AL*,GA*)
Subunits:
Waxahatchee Slate/Formation (AL), Sawyer Limestone (AL), Brewer Phyllite/Formation (AL), Wash Creek Slate/Formation (AL)
Geologic age:
Precambrian*
Proterozoic, Late*
Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: southwestern part of the Talladega slate belt in southeast Shelby and northeast Chilton Cos., AL. Named from the mountainous area northwest of Sylacauga (Tull, 1982).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).