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Geologic units in Henry county, Missouri

KINDERHOOKIAN SERIES (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Mississippian-Early [Kinderhookian]) at surface, covers 0.4 % of this area

KINDERHOOKIAN SERIES - NORTHVIEW SHALE, SEDALIA FORMATION, COMPTON LIMESTONE, BACHELOR FORMATION CHOUTEAU GROUP, HANNIBAL SHALE, HORTON CREEK LIMESTONE

Lithology: limestone; siltstone; shale; sandstone

OSAGEAN SERIES (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Mississippian-Early [Osagean]) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

OSAGEAN SERIES - KEOKUK LIMESTONE, BURLINGTON LIMESTONE, ELSEY FORMATION, REEDS SPRING FORMATION, PIERSON LIMESTONE, FERN GLEN FORMATION

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

CHEROKEE GROUP- Cabaniss Subgroup, Krebs Subgroup (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Middle [Middle Desmonian]) at surface, covers 42 % of this area

CHEROKEE GROUP - Cabaniss Subgroup - cyclic deposits, shale, sandstone, clay and several workable coal beds. Krebs Subgroup - cyclic deposits, sandstone, siltstone, shale, clay and some workable coal beds

Lithology: shale; sandstone; siltstone; clay or mud; limestone; coal

WELDON RIVER-WARRENSBURG-MOBERLY CHANNEL SANDSTONE (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Late [Upper Missourian]) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

WELDON RIVER - WARRENSBURG - MOBERLY CHANNEL SANDSTONE

Lithology: sandstone

RIVERTON FORMATION, BURGNER FORMATION (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Middle [Atokan]) at surface, covers 35 % of this area

RIVERTON FORMATION - shale, clay, coal. BURGNER FORMATION - limestone

Lithology: shale; siltstone; limestone; clay or mud; coal

SMITHVILLE DOLOMITE, POWELL DOLOMITE, COTTER DOLOMITE, JEFFERSON CITY DOLOMITE (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician-Early [Ibexian]) at surface, covers 0.3 % 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

MARMATON GROUP (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Middle [Middle Desmonian]) at surface, covers 11 % of this area

MARMATON GROUP - cyclic deposits, shale and limestone with sandstone, clay and several coal beds, some workable

Lithology: limestone; shale; sandstone; clay or mud; coal

CHANNEL SANDSTONES (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

CHANNEL SANDSTONES

Lithology: sandstone