Usage:
Vinita Beds of Chesterfield Group (VA)
Vinita Formation of Newark Supergroup (VA)
Vinita Shale of Chesterfield Group (VA)
/Vinita beds member [informal] of Tuckahoe Formation (VA)
["Beds Member" not recognized as a formal stratigraphic rank term (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Considered informal and should not be capitalized.]
Geologic age:
Triassic, Late
Carnian, middle
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Bluffs along both sides of the James River, especially on the east slope of Goat Hill, between Vinita and Manakin, Goochland Co., VA (Shaler and Woodworth, 1899).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Richmond 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 ([ ]).