Usage:
Martin Creek Limestone (TN*,VA*)
Martin Creek Limestone of Chickamauga Group (TN)
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician (Mohawkian; Turinian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Along county road that climbs bluff west of bridge across Martin Creek at its junction with Powell River, northwestern corner of Hancock Co., TN (Miller and Brosge, 1954).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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