Usage:
Warren Point Sandstone of Gizzard Group (TN*)
Warren Point Sandstone of Breathitt Group (KY*)
Geologic age:
Early Pennsylvanian (Bashkirian; late Namurian to Westphalian A; early Morrowan)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: Warren Point [local name] where this sandstone forms a prominent bluff 65 ft thick, located 0.5 mi north of Monteagle, [Sewanee quadrangle (scale 1:125,000)], Grundy Co., southeastern TN (Nelson, 1925; Wilson and others, 1956).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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