Usage:
Lavender Shale Member of Fort Payne Chert (GA)
Geologic age:
Mississippian, Early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
On railroad one-third mi west of Lavender Station, and in quarry in shale at underpass of U.S. Highway 27, beneath the Southern RR, about 1 mi north of Rome, northwestern GA (Butts, 1948).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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