Claiborne and Wilcox Formation

Irregularly bedded sand, locally interbedded with lenses and beds of gray to white clay, silty clay, lignitic clay, and lignite. Thickness more than 400 feet.
State Tennessee
Name Claiborne and Wilcox Formation
Geologic age Tertiary
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand
Minor
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Claysilty clay, lignitic clay
Incidental
Sedimentary > Coal > Lignite
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 Carroll - Chester - Fayette - Hardeman - Haywood - Henderson - Henry - McNairy - Madison - Weakley