Usage:
Rye Cove Limestone (VA)
Rye Cove Formation (VA)
Geologic age:
Middle Ordovician
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: about 0.8 mi southwest of Brick Church and 0.2 mi southeast of Carter Cemetery, Rye Cove area, Clinchport quadrangle, Scott Co., VA (Brent, 1963).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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