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Geologic units in Lafayette county, Missouri

WELDON RIVER-WARRENSBURG-MOBERLY CHANNEL SANDSTONE (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Late [Upper Missourian]) at surface, covers 7 % of this area

WELDON RIVER - WARRENSBURG - MOBERLY CHANNEL SANDSTONE

Lithology: sandstone

KANSAS CITY GROUP (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Late [Upper Missourian]) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

KANSAS CITY GROUP - cyclic deposits, limestone and shale with minor sandstone and coal.

Lithology: limestone; shale; sandstone; coal

CHEROKEE GROUP- Cabaniss Subgroup, Krebs Subgroup (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Middle [Middle Desmonian]) at surface, covers 18 % 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

OSAGEAN SERIES (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Mississippian-Early [Osagean]) at surface, covers < 0.1 % 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

HOLOCENE SERIES (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers 6 % of this area

HOLOCENE SERIES - Alluvium - clay, silt, sand, and gravel

Lithology: clay or mud; silt; sand; gravel

MARMATON GROUP (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Middle [Middle Desmonian]) at surface, covers 56 % 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

PLEASANTON GROUP (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Late [Upper Missourian]) at surface, covers 10 % of this area

PLEASANTON GROUP - dominantly shale and sandstone with minor coal.

Lithology: shale; sandstone; coal

RIVERTON FORMATION, BURGNER FORMATION (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Middle [Atokan]) at surface, covers 0.3 % of this area

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

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