Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †Wartburg Sandstone Member of †Briceville Formation (TN-local) reallocated to Wartburg Sandstone of Crooked Fork Group. See other Wartburg.)
Geologic age:
Early Pennsylvanian (Morrowan)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
This is the sandstone upon which is located the town of Wartburg, Morgan Co., northeastern TN (Glenn, 1925).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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