State | Tennessee |
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Name | Fort Payne Formation and Chattanooga Shale |
Geologic age | Mississippian |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Chemical > Chert
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone
Incidental
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale > Black-shale
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale
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Comments | West sheet - Chattanooga Shale - Mapped as MDc on East-Central and East sheets of the 1966 paper geologic map of Tennessee |
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 - Decatur - Hardin - Henry - Humphreys - Perry - Stewart - Wayne |