Usage:
Needleseye Conglomerate Member of Vandever Formation (TN)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian, Early
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: along road leading from Huckleberry (crossing Mowbray Creek) to Mowbray Church, in southwestern part of Soddy (111-SW) quadrangle, about 5 mi northeast of Needleseye which is located just west of Sawyer Cemetery at 2,215,900 E., 298,300 N. (TN coordinate system), southeastern TN (Luther and others, 1963).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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