Little Oak and Lenoir Limestones undifferentiated (ALOlol;6)

Little Oak and Lenoir Limestones undifferentiated

Dark-gray argillaceous, fossiliferous medium to thick-bedded limestone; locally contains rare chert in upper part and an interval of fenestral mudstone in lower part (Mosheim Limestone Member of the Lenoir Limestone). Between Siluria and Pelham in Shelby County, the Little Oak and Lenoir Limestones are seperated by a tongue of the Athens Shale.

State	Alabama
Name	Little Oak and Lenoir Limestones undifferentiated
Geologic age	Ordovician
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)dark-gray argillaceous, fossiliferous medium to thick-bedded limestone Minor Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone (Bed)fenestral mudstone in lower part (Mosheim Limestone Member of the Lenoir Limestone). Incidental Sedimentary > Chemical > Chert (Bed)locally contains rare chert in upper part
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.
NGMDB product	NGMDB product page for 55859
Counties	Calhoun - Cherokee - Etowah - Jefferson - Saint Clair - Shelby

Little Oak and Lenoir Limestones undifferentiated

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.