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Geologic units in McCreary county, Kentucky

[Additional scientific data in this geographic area]

Rockcastle Sandstone Member of Lee Formation (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 17 % of this area

Rockcastle Sandstone Member of Lee Formation

Lithology: sandstone; conglomerate

Breathitt Formation, middle part (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Breathitt Formation, middle part

Lithology: sandstone; shale; siltstone; coal; limestone

Alluvium (Pleistocene to Holocene) at surface, covers 0.9 % of this area

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

Lithology: sand; silt; glacial drift

Ste. Genevieve and St. Louis Limestones, undivided (Mississippian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

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

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

Breathitt Formation, lower part (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 65 % 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

Pennington Formation (Paragon Formation), Bangor Limestone, Hartselle Formation, and Kidder Limestone Member of Monteagle Limestone, undivided (Mississippian) at surface, covers 9 % of this area

Pennington Formation (Paragon Formation), Bangor Limestone, Hartselle Formation, and Kidder Limestone Member of Monteagle Limestone, undivided

Lithology: limestone; shale; sandstone

Corbin Sandstone Member of Lee Formation (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 7 % of this area

Corbin Sandstone Member of Lee Formation

Lithology: sandstone; conglomerate