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Maryville, Rogersville, and Rutledge Formations

Maryville, Rogersville, and Rutledge Formations - Maryville and Rutledge are gray limestone, in part oolitic, with gray dolomite locally. Rogersville is green clay shale. Thickness 400 to 1,000 feet.
StateTennessee
NameMaryville, Rogersville, and Rutledge Formations
Geologic ageCambrian
Original map labelCmr
CommentsEast-Central sheet
Primary rock typelimestone
Secondary rock typeshale
Other rock typesdolostone (dolomite)
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone
Minor
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone
Map references
Geology available at Tennesse Spatial Data Server which can be found at http://www.tngis.org/geology.html which links to a USGS Water Resources Division site: http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?geo250k Tennessee Spatial Data Server site notes: Thanks goes to Jim Julian for researching this improved geology layer from the Tennessee Division of Geology. **Note** - The Tennessee Division of Geology does not endorse this coverage, stating this version is still incomplete and not fit for distribution.
Unit references
Geology available at Tennesse Spatial Data Server which can be found at http://www.tngis.org/geology.html which links to a USGS Water Resources Division site: http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?geo250k Tennessee Spatial Data Server site notes: Thanks goes to Jim Julian for researching this improved geology layer from the Tennessee Division of Geology. **Note** - The Tennessee Division of Geology does not endorse this coverage, stating this version is still incomplete and not fit for distribution.
Hardeman, W.D., and others, 1966, Geologic map of Tennessee: Division of Geology, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, scale 1:250,000
Geographic coverageBlount - Claiborne - Grainger - Hamblen - Hancock - Hawkins - Jefferson - Knox - Sevier - Sullivan - Union

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