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Lenoir Limestone

Lenoir Limestone - Nodular, argillaceous, gray limestone; in places basal sedimentary breccia, conglomerate, quartz sand; Mosheim Limestone Member (dense, light- to medium-gray limestone) near base. Thickness 25 to 500 feet.
StateTennessee
NameLenoir Limestone
Geologic ageOrdovician
Original map labelOl
CommentsEast-Central sheet
Primary rock typelimestone
Secondary rock typeconglomerate
Other rock typessand
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone
Incidental
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate
Map references
Geology available at Tennesse Spatial Data Server which can be found at http://www.tngis.org/geology.html which links to a USGS Water Resources Division site: http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?geo250k Tennessee Spatial Data Server site notes: Thanks goes to Jim Julian for researching this improved geology layer from the Tennessee Division of Geology. **Note** - The Tennessee Division of Geology does not endorse this coverage, stating this version is still incomplete and not fit for distribution.
Unit references
Geology available at Tennesse Spatial Data Server which can be found at http://www.tngis.org/geology.html which links to a USGS Water Resources Division site: http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?geo250k Tennessee Spatial Data Server site notes: Thanks goes to Jim Julian for researching this improved geology layer from the Tennessee Division of Geology. **Note** - The Tennessee Division of Geology does not endorse this coverage, stating this version is still incomplete and not fit for distribution.
Hardeman, W.D., and others, 1966, Geologic map of Tennessee: Division of Geology, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, scale 1:250,000
Geographic coverageBlount - Bradley - Cocke - Grainger - Greene - Hamblen - Jefferson - Knox - Loudon - McMinn - Monroe - Sevier

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