Usage:
Pine Hall Formation of Dan River Group (NC*)
Pine Hall Formation of Newark Supergroup (VA*)
Geologic age:
Triassic, Late
Carnian, middle
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures along the Norfolk and Western RR tracks from 0.1 to 1.2 mi northeast of Pine Hall Station, along the Dan River, Stokes Co., NC (Thayer, 1970).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Dan River-Danville 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 ( ).
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