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Geologic Unit: Wagnon

Usage:

Wagnon Member of Pride Mountain Formation (AL*,MS*)


Geologic age:

Middle Mississippian (Visean; early Chesterian)*


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

Exposure along road up Wagnon Mountain about 5 mi south of Pride, in south-central sec. 6, T. 5 S., R. 12 W., Colbert Co., northern AL (Welch, 1958).


AAPG geologic province:

Black Warrior basin*


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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 ([ ]).