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Caseyville Formation

Caseyville Formation
StateKentucky
NameCaseyville Formation
Geologic ageLower to Middle Pennsylvanian
Original map labelPAca
Commentsin western Kentucky, thickness is at least 150+ m
Primary rock typesiltstone
Secondary rock typesandstone
Other rock typesconglomerate; shale; coal
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstonelithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively these units are about 40% siltstone, 40% sandstone, 10% conglomerate, 5% shale, and <5% coal.
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomeratelithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively these units are about 40% siltstone, 40% sandstone, 10% conglomerate, 5% shale, and <5% coal.
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstonelithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively these units are about 40% siltstone, 40% sandstone, 10% conglomerate, 5% shale, and <5% coal.
Incidental
Sedimentary > Coallithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively these units are about 40% siltstone, 40% sandstone, 10% conglomerate, 5% shale, and <5% coal.
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shalelithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively these units are about 40% siltstone, 40% sandstone, 10% conglomerate, 5% shale, and <5% coal.
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 coverageBreckinridge - Butler - Caldwell - Christian - Crittenden - Daviess - Edmonson - Grayson - Hancock - Hart - Hopkins - Livingston - Logan - McLean - Muhlenberg - Ohio - Taylor - Todd - Union - Warren - Webster

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