Usage:
Keokee Sandstone Member of Wise Formation (VA*)
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: 1 mi east of Keokee along VA Highway 68, beginning 5,200 ft (airline) east of Keokee School and 200 ft east-northeast of junction of side road with highway at curve at bottom of long hill, northeastern Keokee 7.5-min quadrangle, northeastern Lee Co., southwestern VA (Miller, 1969).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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