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| State | Alabama |
|---|---|
| Name | Tuscumbia Limestone and Fort Payne Chert undivided |
| Geologic age | Mississippian |
| Original map label | Mtfp |
| Primary rock type | limestone |
| Secondary rock type | chert |
| Other rock types | siltstone; shale; claystone |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)Tuscumbia Limestone -- light-gray partly oolitic limestone; very coarse bioclastic crinoidal limestone common; Fort Payne Chert -- very light to light-olive-gray, thin to thick-bedded fine to coarse-grained bioclastic (abundant pelmatozoans) limestone & shaly limestone. Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Claystone (Bed)Commonly present below the Fort Payne is a ligh-olive-gray claystone or shale (Maury Formation) which is mapped with the Fort Payne. Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)Fort Payne Chert -- scattered throughout the formation are interbeds of medium to greenish-gray shale, shaly limestone; lenses of dark-gray siliceous shale occur locally at the base of the Fort Payne in Wills Valley. Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed)Fort Payne Chert -- Upper part of formation locally consists of light-bluish-gray laminated siltstone containing vugs lined or filled with quartz. Sedimentary > Chemical > Chert (Bed)Tuscumbia Limestone -- light-gray chert nodules and concretions locally abundant; Fort Payne Chert -- abundant nodules, lenses and beds of light to dark-grey chert. |
| 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 coverage | Bibb - Blount - Calhoun - Cherokee - Chilton - DeKalb - Etowah - Jackson - Jefferson - Marshall - Saint Clair - Shelby - Talladega - Tuscaloosa |
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