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Geologic units in Barren county, Kentucky

Laurel Dolomite, Osgood Formation, and Brassfield Dolomite, undivided (Silurian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Laurel Dolomite, Osgood Formation, and Brassfield Dolomite, undivided

Lithology: dolostone (dolomite); shale

Renfro and Muldraugh Members of Borden Formation and Fort Payne Formation, undivided (Mississippian) at surface, covers 25 % of this area

Renfro and Muldraugh Members of Borden Formation and Fort Payne Formation, undivided

Lithology: limestone; dolostone (dolomite); shale; sandstone

Salem, Warsaw, and Harrodsburg Limestones, undivided (Mississippian) at surface, covers 23 % of this area

Salem, Warsaw, and Harrodsburg Limestones, undivided

Lithology: limestone; fine-grained mixed clastic; dolostone (dolomite)

New Albany, Chattanooga, and Ohio Shales, Boyle Dolomite (Limestone), and Sellersburg Limestone, undivided (Devonian to Mississippian) at surface, covers 0.9 % of this area

New Albany, Chattanooga, and Ohio Shales, Boyle Dolomite (Limestone), and Sellersburg Limestone, undivided

Lithology: black shale; dolostone (dolomite); limestone

Alluvium (Pleistocene to Holocene) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

Alluvium; includes glacial deposits along the Ohio River and its tributaries west of Cannelton locks

Lithology: sand; silt; glacial drift

Rocks of Chesterian age, lower part (Upper Mississippian) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Rocks of Chesterian age, lower part

Lithology: limestone; sandstone; siltstone; shale

Ste. Genevieve and St. Louis Limestones, undivided (Mississippian) at surface, covers 41 % of this area

Ste. Genevieve and St. Louis Limestones, undivided; includes Salem Limestone west of Christian County

Lithology: limestone; dolostone (dolomite); chert; sandstone