Rome Formation

Variegated (red, green, yellow) shale and siltstone; gray, fine-grained sandstone in middle and west part of Valley and Ridge; abundant limestone and dolomite in east. Thickness about 2,000 feet.
State Tennessee
Name Rome Formation
Geologic age Cambrian
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone
Comments East sheet
References

Greene, D.C., and Wolfe, W.J., 2000, Superfund GIS - 1:250,000 Geology of Tennessee, USGS, (geo250k).

Hardeman, W.D., Miller, R.A., and Swingle, G.D., 1966, Geologic Map of Tennessee: Division of Geology, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, 4 sheets, scale 1:250,000

NGMDB product
Counties Anderson - Blount - Carter - Claiborne - Cocke - Grainger - Greene - Hamblen - Hancock - Hawkins - Jefferson - Johnson - Knox - Sevier - Sullivan - Unicoi - Union