Claiborne County Geological Formation

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S P 25 Rockwood Formation 01 Alluvial Deposits 26 Bigby-Cannon Limestone 44 35 02 Crab Orchard Mountains & Gizzard Groups 27 Carters Limestone 44 03 Crab Orchard Mountains Group

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10 Redoak Mountain Formation o d 35 Middle and Lower Parts of Chickamauga Group r Claiborne County is in north-central East . The Kentucky and State lines form

11 Rockcastle Conglomerate O 36 Newala Formation, Mascot Dolomite 25 12 Slatestone Formation 12 04 Cumberland Plateau Face its northern border. About one-fifth of the county is part of Cumberland Block, a distinct subregion 37 Pierce and Murfreesboro Limestones 13 Vowell Mountain Formation 38 Ridley Limestone of the Cumberland Plateau found primarily to the southwest in Campbell County. Although 14 Bangor Limestone 39 Sequatchie Formation 15 some of the rock units have been faulted and folded, much of the -age strata 40

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s 44 Nolichucky Shale r the county lies in the Valley and Ridge. Although some rock units have been faulted and folded, s 18

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M 21 Chattanooga Shale most of them in this part of the county are nearly horizontal. and dolomites C 46 Rome Foundation 36 22 Sneedville Limestone 36 are the dominant strata.Elevations of the ridges and peaks in the block part of the county are 34 1,800 to over 2,500 feet, with Bryson Mountain, the highest, a little over 3,200 feet. "Tennessee Topology" by David D. Starnes Map produced by Jim Brannon - Cumberland Trail SST - 10/28/2009 TN Div of Geology, Bulletin 86