Usage:
Wardell Formation (TN,VA)
Wardell Limestone (VA)
Wardell Formation of Black River Group (VA*,WV*)
Wardell Formation of Chickamauga Group (TN)
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician (Mohawkian; Turinian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: about 150 ft east of County Road 610, about 1 mi north of ford across Little River, Tazewell Co., VA. Named from settlement of Wardell near Tazewell-Russell Co. line (Cooper and Prouty, 1943).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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