U.S. Geological Survey Home AASG Logo USGS HOME CONTACT USGS SEARCH USGS
National Geologic Map Database

Geologic Unit: Stumps Creek

Usage:

Stumps Creek Formation of Kahatchee Mountain Group (AL)


Subunits:

Watson Creek Sandstone Member (AL)


Geologic age:

Precambrian
Proterozoic, Late
Cambrian, Early


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Along Stumps Creek, northern Chilton Co., central AL (Carrington, 1972).


AAPG geologic province:

Piedmont-Blue Ridge province


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 ([ ]).