Usage:
Pumpkin Valley Shale (VA*)
Pumpkin Valley Shale of Conasauga Group (TN*,VA*,WV*)
Pumpkin Valley Member of Conasauga Shale (TN*)
Geologic age:
Middle Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures along northwest side of Pumpkin Valley, most typically along State Highway 66, TN (Rodgers and Kent, 1948).
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.
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