Usage:
Nolichucky Shale of Conasauga Group (AL*,GA*,KY*,TN*,VA*,WV*)
Nolichucky Formation of Conasauga Group (VA)
Subunits:
Bradley Creek Member (TN,VA).
Geologic age:
Late Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type region: along Nolichucky River, Greeneville region, Greene Co., eastern TN (US geologic names lexicon, USGS Bull. 896; see Keith, 1905, USGS Greeneville folio, no. 118).
Standard section: along TN Highway 33, 7 mi northeast of Maynardville, between bridge over Cox Branch and south end of new bridge over Norris Reservoir, which covers original type locality (GNC index card files).
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 ([ ]).