Tuscaloosa Formation

Poorly sorted, light-gray chert gravel in a matrix of silt and sand; locally interbedded with sand and clay lenses. Thickness 0 to 140 feet.
State Tennessee
Name Tuscaloosa Formation
Geologic age Cretaceous
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravelchert gravel
Minor
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Siltchert gravel
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand
Incidental
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Claychert gravel
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 Benton - Hardin - Henry