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Gizzard Group including Warren Point Sandstone and Raccoon Mountain Formation

Gizzard Group - Sandstone, conglomeratic sandstone, siltstone, shale, and minor coal. Thickness 100 to 200 feet. Includes Warren Point Sandstone - Gray to brown sandstone and minor conglomeratic sandstone. Thickness 60 to 160 feet; Raccoon Mountain Formation - Siltstone, sandstone, shale, and minor coal. Thickness 0 to 65 feet.
StateTennessee
NameGizzard Group including Warren Point Sandstone and Raccoon Mountain Formation
Geologic agePennsylvanian
Original map labelPg
CommentsWest-Central sheet
Primary rock typesandstone
Secondary rock typeshale
Other rock typessiltstone; coal
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstonelocally conglomeratic
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone
Incidental
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
Geographic coverageBledsoe - Coffee - Cumberland - Fentress - Franklin - Grundy - Hamilton - Marion - Morgan - Overton - Putnam - Rhea - Roane - Scott - Sequatchie - Van Buren - Warren - White

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