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Frog Mountain

Frog Mountain
StateGeorgia
NameFrog Mountain
Geologic ageDevonian
Original map labelDfm
CommentsRidge and Valley sedimentary rocks Secondary unit description from USGS Geologic Names lexicon (ref. GA003): Frog Mountain sandstone named. May be Oriskany. Underlies Chattanooga black shale and overlies Rockwood sandstone in northeastern AL and northwestern GA. Assigned to Devonian.
Primary rock typesandstone
Secondary rock type
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone
Map references
Lawton, D.E., and others, 1976, Geologic Map of Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey, scale = 1:500,000.
Unit references
Lawton, D.E., and others, 1976, Geologic Map of Georgia: Georgia Geological Survey, scale = 1:500,000.
USGS Geologic Names Lexicon (GEOLEX)
Geographic coveragePolk

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