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Geologic Unit: Moccasin

Usage:

Moccasin Formation (TN*,VA*,WV*)
Moccasin Formation of Chickamauga Group (TN)
Moccasin Limestone (OH,TN*,VA*,WV*)
Moccasin Limestone of Chickamauga Group (GA)
Moccasin Limestone of Trenton Group (WV)


Subunits:

(alphabetical): Deicke K-bentonite Bed (TN,VA,WV), Millbrig K-bentonite Bed (TN,VA,WV), Walker Mountain Sandstone Member (VA).


Geologic age:

Late Ordovician (Mohawkian)*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Named from occurrence on Moccasin Creek, Scott Co., western VA (Campbell, 1894).


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 ([ ]).