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Copper Ridge Dolomite

Copper Ridge Dolomite - light-gray finely to coarsely crystalline, thick-bedded siliceous dolomite; characterized by abundant stromatolitic chert. Mapped seperately only in the Birmingham anticlinorium where overlying units within the Knox Group are absent beneath the post-Knox unconformity.
StateAlabama
NameCopper Ridge Dolomite
Geologic ageCambrian
Original map labelCcr
Primary rock typedolostone (dolomite)
Secondary rock typechert
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)light-gray finely to coarsely crystalline, thick-bedded siliceous dolomite
Map references
Szabo, M. W., Osborne, E. W., Copeland, C. W. Jr., Neathery; T. L., 1988, Geologic Map of Alabama, Geological Survey of Alabama Special Map 220, scale 1:250,000.
Unit references
Szabo, M. W., Osborne, E. W., Copeland, C. W. Jr., Neathery; T. L., 1988, Geologic Map of Alabama, Geological Survey of Alabama Special Map 220, scale 1:250,000.
Geographic coverageBibb - Jefferson - Tuscaloosa

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