Usage:
Roach Creek Sandstone Member of Graves Gap Formation (TN*)
Roach Creek Sandstone (unranked) in Graves Gap Formation (TN)
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Moscovian; Westphalian; Atokan)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures above Roach Creek, near Dean, Block quadrangle, Scott Co., eastern TN (Wilson and others, 1956).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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