Usage:
Lincolnshire Limestone (TN*,VA*,WV*)
Lincolnshire Formation (VA*)
Lincolnshire Formation of Chickamauga Group (TN)
Subunits:
FORMATION STATUS (alphabetical) --all in TN: Eidson Member, Hogskin Member.
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician (late Whiterockian; late Chazyan)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in abandoned quarry along County Road 645 about 1 mi north of intersection of U.S. Route 19 and State Highway 61, Tazewell Co., southwestern VA. Named from a branch tributary to Clinch River (Cooper and Prouty, 1943).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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 ([ ]).