Usage:
Witten Limestone (TN,VA*)
Witten Limestone of Black River Group (VA*,WV*)
Witten Formation of Chickamauga Group (TN)
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician (Mohawkian; Turinian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: along State Highway 16 about 0.25 mi north of County Road 604, Tazewell Co., VA. Named from Witten Valley Church (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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