Usage:
Pinnacle Overlook Member of Lee Formation (KY*,TN*,VA*)
Pinnacle Overlook Member of Pennington Formation (KY)
Pinnacle Overlook Sandstone of Pennington Group (KY)
Geologic age:
Late Mississippian (Serpukhovian; late Chesterian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: the Pinnacle, a scenic overlook formed by the rock unit on northeast side of Cumberland Gap, Bell Co., southeastern KY (Englund, 1964).
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 ([ ]).