Usage:
Rose Run Sandstone (KY*,PA,NY,WV*)
Rose Run Sandstone of Knox Group (KY*,WV)
Rose Run Sandstone Member of Knox Dolomite (OH*-subsurface)
Rose Run sandstone (informal) (OH*-subsurface)
Geologic age:
latest Cambrian (Ibexian; Skullrockian)* or earliest Ordovician (Ibexian; Tremadocian; Skullrockian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): Well no. 11 drilled by Judy and Young on property of Rose Run Iron Company, Bath Co., eastern KY. Property is drained by Rose Run Creek (McGuire and Howell, 1963).
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 ([ ]).