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Geologic units in Wayne county, Kentucky

Renfro and Muldraugh Members of Borden Formation and Fort Payne Formation, undivided (Mississippian) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

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

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

Breathitt Formation, lower part (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 15 % 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

Limestone bodies in the Fort Payne Formation (Mississippian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Limestone bodies in the Fort Payne Formation; including Cane Valley Limestone Member

Lithology: limestone

Knifely Sandstone member of the Fort Payne Formation (Mississippian) at surface, covers 0.4 % of this area

Knifely Sandstone member of the Fort Payne Formation

Lithology: sandstone

Salem, Warsaw, and Harrodsburg Limestones, undivided (Mississippian) at surface, covers 7 % of this area

Salem, Warsaw, and Harrodsburg Limestones, undivided

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

Pennington Formation (Paragon Formation), Bangor Limestone, Hartselle Formation, and Kidder Limestone Member of Monteagle Limestone, undivided (Mississippian) at surface, covers 38 % of this area

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

Lithology: limestone; shale; sandstone

Rockcastle Sandstone Member of Lee Formation (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Rockcastle Sandstone Member of Lee Formation

Lithology: sandstone; conglomerate

Ste. Genevieve and St. Louis Limestones, undivided (Mississippian) at surface, covers 27 % of this area

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

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

Alluvium (Pleistocene to Holocene) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

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

Lithology: sand; silt; glacial drift