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Ashlock Formation, Grant Lake and Calloway Creek Limestones, and Fairview Formation, undivided

Ashlock Formation, Grant Lake and Calloway Creek Limestones, and Fairview Formation, undivided
StateKentucky
NameAshlock Formation, Grant Lake and Calloway Creek Limestones, and Fairview Formation, undivided
Geologic ageOrdovician
Original map labelOaf
Commentsin west-central Kentucky, collectively the thickness ranges from 65-225 m; in north-central Kentucky, collectively the thickness ranges from 21-45 m; in northeastern Kentucky, collectively the thickness ranges from 45-75 m; and in east-central Kentucky, collectively the thickness ranges from 30-90 m
Primary rock typelimestone
Secondary rock typeshale
Other rock typessiltstone
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestonelithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively these units are about 85% limestone (much of it nodular), 10% shale, and <5% siltstone
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shalelithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively these units are about 85% limestone (much of it nodular), 10% shale, and <5% siltstone
Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstonelithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively these units are about 85% limestone (much of it nodular), 10% shale, and <5% siltstone
Map references
Noger, M.C., compiler, 1988, Geologic map of Kentucky: sesquicenntennial edition of the Kentucky Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey and the Kentucky Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Unit references
Noger, M.C., compiler, 1988, Geologic map of Kentucky: sesquicenntennial edition of the Kentucky Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey and the Kentucky Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Geographic coverageBath - Boone - Bourbon - Boyle - Bracken - Bullitt - Campbell - Carroll - Casey - Clark - Fleming - Franklin - Gallatin - Garrard - Grant - Henry - Jefferson - Jessamine - Kenton - Lewis - Lincoln - Madison - Marion - Mason - Montgomery - Nelson - Nicholas - Owen - Pendleton - Robertson - Shelby - Spencer - Trimble - Washington

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