Pennington Formation

Reddish and greenish shale and siltstone; fine-grained dolomite; dark-gray limestone; and thin-bedded sandstone. Persistent dolomite bed at base. Thickness 150 to 400 feet.
State Tennessee
Name Pennington Formation
Geologic age Mississippian
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale
Minor
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone
Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone
Comments East-Central 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 Cannon - Coffee - Cumberland - Fentress - Franklin - Grundy - Marion - Overton - Pickett - Putnam - Scott - Sequatchie - Van Buren - Warren - White