Usage:
Leakesville Formation of Newark Supergroup (VA)
Subunits:
Cascade Station Member (VA)
Geologic age:
Triassic, Late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures along State Road 856, 0.25 mi (0.4 km) south of State Road 622, Pittsylvania Co., VA. Named from nearby town of Leakesville Junction (Meyertons, 1963).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Dan River-Danville basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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