Usage:
Lonesome Pine Formation (TN)
Geologic age:
Middle Ordovician
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: along and in fields adjacent to State Highway 70, about 0.3 km (0.2 mi) north of Lonesome Pine School and about 1.6 km (1 mi) southeast of Livesay Mill, Kyles Ford 7.5-min quadrangle, Hancock Co., TN (Brent, 1982).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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