Walden Creek Group of Ocoee Supergroup (GA*,NC*,TN*)
(alphabetical): Licklog Formation (NC*,TN*), Sandsuck Formation (GA*,NC*,TN*), Shields Formation (NC*,TN*) Wilhite Formation (GA*,NC*,TN*).
Neoproterozoic*
Named from Walden Creek, a western tributary of West Fork of Little Pigeon River, Sevier Co., eastern TN (King and others, 1958).
Appalachian basin*
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province*
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