Usage:
Slatestone Formation (TN*)
Subunits:
Stephens Sandstone Member (TN*). Petros Sandstone Member (TN*). Sand Gap Sandstone Member (TN*). Newcomb Sandstone Member (TN*). Betsie Shale Member (TN*)
Geologic age:
Early to Middle Pennsylvanian (Morrowan to Atokan)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Cross Mountain section, between The Wye and Cross Mountain, Lake City quadrangle, Campbell Co., eastern TN. Named from town of Slatestone, 1 mi west-northwest of Briceville, Anderson Co., TN (Wilson and others, 1956).
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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