Usage:
Stoneville Formation of Dan River Group (NC*,VA)
Stoneville Formation of Newark Supergroup (VA*)
Geologic age:
Triassic, Late*
Carnian, middle*
Carnian, late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: measured section B, with outcrops along U.S. 220 bypass, 1,317 ft north of its intersection with Rockingham County Road 2208, NC (Thayer, 1970).
Reference sections: measured sections A and F. Named from the town of Stoneville, Rockingham Co., NC (Thayer, 1970).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province*
Dan River-Danville 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 ([ ]).