Usage:
Rockhouse Shale of Linden Group (TN*)
Rockhouse Formation (TN)
Rockhouse Shale Member of Ross Formation (TN)
Rockhouse Member of Ross Formation (TN)
/Rockhouse limestone member [informal] of Ross Formation (TN*)
/Rockhouse limestone [informal] (TN)
[Use of identical geographic names to several minor units in one vertical sequence is considered informal nomenclature (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021).]
Geologic age:
late Silurian to Early Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Rockhouse, a hunters' clubhouse on Horse Creek, 5 mi northwest of Lowryville, Hardin Co., western TN (Dunbar, 1918).
AAPG geologic province:
Cincinnati arch*
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 ([ ]).