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Geologic units in Dent county, Missouri

SMITHVILLE DOLOMITE, POWELL DOLOMITE, COTTER DOLOMITE, JEFFERSON CITY DOLOMITE (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician-Early [Ibexian]) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area
SMITHVILLE DOLOMITE, POWELL DOLOMITE, COTTER DOLOMITE, JEFFERSON CITY DOLOMITE - fine crystalline, silty, cherty dolomite, and oolitic chert with local sandstone beds
Lithology: dolostone (dolomite); sandstone; shale; conglomerate; chert
GASCONADE DOLOMITE (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician-Early [Ibexian]) at surface, covers 47 % of this area
GASCONADE DOLOMITE - coarse - crystalline cherty dolomite with a basal Gunter Sandstone Member.
Lithology: dolostone (dolomite); sandstone
ROUBIDOUX FORMATION (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician-Early [Ibexian]) at surface, covers 44 % of this area
ROUBIDOUX FORMATION - sandstone, chert and interbedded dolomite
Lithology: sandstone; chert; dolostone (dolomite)
EMINENCE DOLOMITE, POTOSI DOLOMITE (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Cambrian-Furongian [Croixian]) at surface, covers 9 % of this area
EMINENCE DOLOMITE - dolomite with some druse - coated chert. POTOSI DOLOMITE - dolomite with abundance of druse - coated chert.
Lithology: dolostone (dolomite); chert

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