Rockwood Formation (TNSr;12)

Rockwood Formation

Brown to maroon shale, thin gray siltstone and sandstone, and thin lenticular layers of oolitic and fossiliferous red hematite. Thickness 350 to 550 feet.

State	Tennessee
Name	Rockwood Formation
Geologic age	Silurian
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale Minor Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone
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	NGMDB product page for 91768
Counties	Campbell - Claiborne

Rockwood Formation

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