Usage:
White Rocks Sandstone Member of Warren Point Sandstone of Breathitt Group (KY-local)
White Rocks Sandstone Member of Lee Formation (recognized locally in KY*,VA*)
Notable exposures in Cumberland Mountain area.
Geologic age:
Early Pennsylvanian (Bashkirian; Westphalian A; Morrowan)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures at White Rocks, a prominent south-facing cliff at crest of Cumberland Mountain, Ewing 7.5-min quadrangle, Harlan Co., southeastern KY; overlooks town of Ewing, in Lee Co., southwestern VA (Englund and others, 1963).
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.
"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 ([ ]).