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Geologic units in Carter county, Kentucky

Breathitt Formation, middle part (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 11 % of this area

Breathitt Formation, middle part

Lithology: sandstone; shale; siltstone; coal; limestone

Alluvium (Pleistocene to Holocene) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

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

Lithology: sand; silt; glacial drift

Wildie, Nada, Halls Gap, Holtsclaw Siltstone, Cowbell, Nancy, Kenwood Siltstone, New Providence Shale, Sunbury Shale, Berea Sandstone, and Bedford Shale, undivided; Borden Formation locally includes Renfro Member in eastern Kentucky (Devonian to Mississippian) at surface, covers 16 % of this area

Wildie, Nada, Halls Gap, Holtsclaw Siltstone, Cowbell, Nancy, Kenwood Siltstone, New Providence Shale, Sunbury Shale, Berea Sandstone, and Bedford Shale, undivided; Borden Formation locally includes Renfro Member in eastern Kentucky

Lithology: shale; siltstone; sandstone

Monongahela and Conemaugh Formations, undivided (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 7 % of this area

Monongahela and Conemaugh Formations, undivided

Lithology: siltstone; sandstone; shale; coal

Newman Limestone (Mississippian) at surface, covers 9 % of this area

Newman Limestone

Lithology: limestone

Breathitt Formation, upper part (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 10 % of this area

Breathitt Formation, upper part

Lithology: sandstone; siltstone; coal; limestone

Corbin Sandstone Member of Lee Formation (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

Corbin Sandstone Member of Lee Formation

Lithology: sandstone; conglomerate

Breathitt Formation, lower part (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 41 % of this area

Breathitt Formation, lower part; lower part which includes Livingston Conglomerate Member of Lee Formation in eastern Rockcastle County

Lithology: shale; siltstone; sandstone; coal; conglomerate