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Crab Orchard Mounatins and Gizzard Group

Crab Orchard Mountains and Gizzard Groups - Sandstone, conglomerate, siltstone, shale, and thin coal beds. From top down Crab Orchard Mountains group includes Rockcastle Conglomerate, Vadever Formation, Newton Sandstone, Whitwell Shale, and Sewanee Conglomerate; Gizzard Group includes Signal Point Shale, Warren Point Sandstone, and Raccoon Mountain Formation. Thickness about 1,200 to 1,400 feet.
StateTennessee
NameCrab Orchard Mounatins and Gizzard Group
Geologic agePennsylvanian
Original map labelPcg
CommentsEast sheet
Primary rock typesandstone
Secondary rock typeconglomerate
Other rock typesshale; siltstone; coal
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate
Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone
Sedimentary > Coal
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
USGS Geologic Names Lexicon (GEOLEX)
Geographic coverageAnderson - Bledsoe - Campbell - Cannon - Claiborne - Hamilton - Morgan - Rhea - Roane

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