Sardis Formation

Quartz sand and glauconite sand, argillaceous and locally fossiliferous. (Mapped with Kcc north of Beech River.) Maximum thickness 70 feet.
State Tennessee
Name Sardis Formation
Geologic age Cretaceous
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sandquartz and glauconitic sand, argillaceous and locally fossiliferous
Comments West 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 Chester - Decatur - Hardin - Henderson - McNairy