Usage:
Norton Formation (VA*)
Subunits:
Council Sandstone Member (VA*), McClure Sandstone Member (VA*), Puncheon Camp Sandstone Member (VA*), Eagle Shale Member (VA)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian, Early*
Pennsylvanian, Middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in town of Coeburn, at junction of VA Highway 646 to Wise and VA Highway 72 to Cranesnest, Toms Creek quadrangle, 2 mi west to Wise Mountain Fire Lookout Tower, Wise quadrangle, Wise Co., southwestern VA (Miller, 1969).
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 ([ ]).