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Geologic units in Blackford county, Indiana

Pleasant Mills Formation (Silurian) at surface, covers 39 % of this area
Pleasant Mills Formation - Dolomite, limestone, and argillaceous dolomite
Lithology: dolostone (dolomite); limestone
Ordovician rocks, undifferentiated (Silurian) at surface, covers 10 % of this area
Ordovician rocks, undifferentiated - Shale and limestone; upper part of Maquoketa Group in deep buried valleys; Maquoketa to upper part of Knox Supergroup in Kentland area
Lithology: shale ; limestone; dolostone (dolomite)
Wabash Formation (Silurian) at surface, covers 15 % of this area
Wabash Formation - Limestone, dolomite, and argillaceous dolomite
Lithology: limestone; dolostone (dolomite)
Louisville Limestone through Brassfield Limestone (Silurian) at surface, covers 36 % of this area
Louisville Limestone through Brassfield Limestone - Sexton Creek Limestone at base in Kentland area and on cross-section
Lithology: limestone

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