Usage:
Middlesboro Member of Lee Formation (recognized locally in KY*,TN*,VA*)
Geologic age:
Early Pennsylvanian (Bashkirian; Westphalian; Morrowan)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Along Skyline road on north side of Cumberland Gap. Named from Middlesboro, KY, which is located at the northwest approach to the Gap (Englund, 1964).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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