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Geologic units in Sainte Genevieve county, Missouri

SMITHVILLE DOLOMITE, POWELL DOLOMITE, COTTER DOLOMITE, JEFFERSON CITY DOLOMITE (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician-Early [Ibexian]) at surface, covers 14 % 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

Lower Valmeyeran (Keokuk-Sedalia) Series (Mississippian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lower Valmeyeran (Keokuk-Sedalia) Series

Lithology: limestone; shale

Upper Valmeyeran (Aux Vases, Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis) Series (Mississippian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Upper Valmeyeran (Aux Vases, Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis) Series

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

GASCONADE DOLOMITE (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician-Early [Ibexian]) at surface, covers 9 % of this area

GASCONADE DOLOMITE - coarse - crystalline cherty dolomite with a basal Gunter Sandstone Member.

Lithology: dolostone (dolomite); sandstone

DECORAH GROUP, PLATTIN GROUP (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician-Middle [Mohawkian]) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

DECORAH GROUP, PLATTIN GROUP

Lithology: limestone; shale

ROUBIDOUX FORMATION (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician-Early [Ibexian]) at surface, covers 7 % of this area

ROUBIDOUX FORMATION - sandstone, chert and interbedded dolomite

Lithology: sandstone; chert; dolostone (dolomite)

JOACHIM DOLOMITE, DUTCHTOWN FORMATION (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician-Middle [Mohawkian]) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

JOACHIM DOLOMITE, DUTCHTOWN FORMATION

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

LAMOTTE SANDSTONE (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Cambrian-Furongian [Croixian]) at surface, covers 18 % of this area

LAMOTTE SANDSTONE - sandstone with some dolomitic and shaly lenses; coarse - graines to conglomeratic and arkosic at base

Lithology: sandstone

LEEMON FORMATION, MAQUOKETA GROUP, CAPE LIMESTONE, KIMMSWICK LIMESTONE, NOIX-CYRENE LIMESTONE, MAQUOKETA SHALE (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician-Middle Ordovician-Late) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

LEEMON FORMATION, MAQUOKETA GROUP INCLUDING: (GIRARDEAU LIMESTONE, ORCHARD CREEK SHALE, THEBES SANDSTONE, CAPE La CROIX SHALE), CAPE LIMESTONE, KIMMSWICK LIMESTONE, NOIX - CYRENE LIMESTONE, MAQUOKETA SHALE

Lithology: limestone; shale; sandstone

HOLOCENE SERIES (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

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

Lithology: clay or mud; silt; sand; gravel

MERAMECIAN SERIES (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Mississippian-Late [Meramecian]) at surface, covers 8 % of this area

MERAMECIAN SERIES - ST. LOUIS LIMESTONE, SALEM FORMATION, WARSAW FORMATION

Lithology: limestone

Middle Valmeyeran (Salem, Warsaw, Borden, Springville; includes thin Mvl and Mk in south and east) Series (Mississippian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Middle Valmeyeran (Salem, Warsaw, Borden, Springville; includes thin Mvl and Mk in south and east) Series

Lithology: limestone; siltstone; shale

ELVINS GROUP- (INCLUDING DERBY-DOERUN DOLOMITE, DAVIS FORMATION), BONNETERRE DOLOMITE (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Cambrian-Furongian [Croixian]) at surface, covers 11 % of this area

ELVINS GROUP - (INCLUDING DERBY - DOERUN DOLOMITE - alternating thin dolomite, siltstone, and shale; DAVIS FORMATION - glauconitic shale with fine - grained sandstone, limestone, and dolomite); BONNETERRE DOLOMITE - dolomite, dolomitic limestone, and limestone; glauconitic in lower part

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

EMINENCE DOLOMITE, POTOSI DOLOMITE (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Cambrian-Furongian [Croixian]) at surface, covers 8 % of this area

EMINENCE DOLOMITE - dolomite with some druse - coated chert. POTOSI DOLOMITE - dolomite with abundance of druse - coated chert.

Lithology: dolostone (dolomite); chert

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

ST. PETER SANDSTONE, EVERTON FORMATION (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Ordovician-Early Ordovician-Middle) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

ST. PETER SANDSTONE, EVERTON FORMATION

Lithology: dolostone (dolomite); sandstone; limestone

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

SILURIAN SYSTEM (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Silurian-Early Silurian-Middle(?) Silurian-Late) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

SILURIAN SYSTEM - JOLIET LIMESTONE, BOWLING GREEN DOLOMITE, BRYANT KNOB FORMATION, BAINBRIDGE FORMATION, SEXTON CREEK LIMESTONE

Lithology: limestone; dolostone (dolomite); shale

DEVONIAN SYSTEM (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Devonian-Early Devonian-Middle(?) Devonian-Late) at surface, covers 0.5 % of this area

DEVONIAN SYSTEM - CHATTANOOGA SHALE, SYLAMORE SANDSTONE, FORTUNE FORMATION, HOLTS SUMMIT SANDSTONE, SNYDER CREEK SHALE, CEDAR VALLEY LIMESTONE, LOUISIANA LIMESTONE, SAVERTON SHALE, GRASSY CREEK SHALE, TURPIN SANDSTONE, BUSHBERG SANDSTONE, GLEN PARK LIMESTONE, St. LARENT LIMESTONE, BEAUVAIS SANDSTONE, GRAND TOWER LIMESTONE, CLEAR CREEK CHERT, LITTLE SALINE LIMESTONE, GRASSY KNOB CHERT, BAILEY FORMATION

Lithology: limestone; sandstone; shale; chert

Lower Chesterian (Glen Dean - Renault) Series (Mississippian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Lower Chersterian (Glen Dean - Renault) Series

Lithology: limestone; shale ; sandstone; coal; chert

Galena-Platteville Groups (Ordovician) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Galena-Platteville Groups

Lithology: limestone; dolostone (dolomite); shale

DIABASE DIKES AND SILLS (Precambrian [Y]) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

DIABASE DIKES AND SILLS

Lithology: diorite; gabbro

ST. FRANCOIS MOUNTAINS INTRUSIVE SUITE (SUBVOLCANIC, ALKALI GRANITIC RING COMPLEXES) (Precambrian [Y]) at surface, covers 0.3 % of this area

ST. FRANCOIS MOUNTAINS INTRUSIVE SUITE (SUBVOLCANIC, ALKALI GRANITIC RING COMPLEXES)

Lithology: granite

CHESTERIAN SERIES (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Mississippian-Late [Chesterian]) at surface, covers 0.7 % of this area

CHESTERIAN SERIES - FAYETTEVILLE FORMATION, BATESVILLE FORMATION, HINDVILLE LIMESTONE, VIENNA LIMESTONE, TAR SPRINGS SANDSTONE, GLEN DEAN FORMATION, HARDINSBURG FORMATION, GOLCONDA FORMATION, CYPRESS FORMATION, PAINT CREEK FORMATION, YANKEETOWN SANDSTONE, RENAULT FORMATION, AUX VASES SANDSTONE, STE. GENEVIEVE LIMESTONE

Lithology: limestone; shale; sandstone; siltstone