Paleozoic shale undifferentiated

Dark-gray shale and mudstone, locally containing thin interbeds and lenses of dark-greenish-gray sandstone includes Athens Shale and probable Floyd Shale in the structural windows near Anniston, Calhoun County.
State Alabama
Name Paleozoic shale undifferentiated
Geologic age Mississippian
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
References

Szabo, M.W., Osborne, E.W., Copeland, C.W. Jr., and Neathery, T.L., 1988, Geologic Map of Alabama, Geological Survey of Alabama Special Map 220, scale 1:250,000.

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Counties Calhoun