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Borden Group

Borden Group - Mostly siltstone; lenses of crinodial limestone in upper part. Much cherty and silty limestone and dolomite in northwest. NP, top of New Providence Shale
StateIndiana
NameBorden Group
Geologic ageMississippian
Original map labelM1
Commentsmostly siltstone; lenses of crinodial limestone in upper part. Much cherty and silty limestone and dolomite in northwest. NP, top of New Providence Shale
Primary rock typesiltstone
Secondary rock typelimestone
Other rock typesdolostone (dolomite); chert
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstonemoslty siltstone; lenses of crinodial limestone in upper part. Much cherty and silty limestone and dolomite in northwest. NP, top of New Providence Shale
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shalemoslty siltstone; lenses of crinodial limestone in upper part. Much cherty and silty limestone and dolomite in northwest. NP, top of New Providence Shale
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestonemoslty siltstone; lenses of crinodial limestone in upper part. Much cherty and silty limestone and dolomite in northwest. NP, top of New Providence Shale
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostonemoslty siltstone; lenses of crinodial limestone in upper part. Much cherty and silty limestone and dolomite in northwest. NP, top of New Providence Shale
Map references
Gray, Henry H., Ault, Curtis, H., and Keller, Stanley, J., 1987, Bedrock geologic map of Indiana: Dept. of Natural Resources, Indiana Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Map 48, scale = 1:500,000
Unit references
Gray, Henry H., Ault, Curtis, H., and Keller, Stanley, J., 1987, Bedrock geologic map of Indiana: Dept. of Natural Resources, Indiana Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Map 48, scale = 1:500,000
Geographic coverageBartholomew - Benton - Boone - Brown - Carroll - Clark - Clinton - Floyd - Fountain - Harrison - Hendricks - Jackson - Jasper - Johnson - Lawrence - Marion - Monroe - Montgomery - Morgan - Newton - Owen - Parke - Putnam - Scott - Tippecanoe - Warren - Washington - White

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