Usage:
Monteagle Limestone (AL*,KY*,TN*)
Subunits:
Ste. Genevieve Member (KY*). Kidder Limestone Member (KY*,TN*)
Geologic age:
Mississippian, Late*
Meramecian*
Chesterian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: roadcut along Highway 41, 1.5 mi southeast of village of Monteagle, Marion Co., TN (Stearns, 1963).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
Cincinnati arch*
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 ([ ]).