State | Iowa |
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Name | Kinderhookian formations |
Geologic age | Lower Mississippian, Kinderhookian |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)skeletal to oolitic (Chapin Fm; lower Wassonville Fm/Starrs Cave Member; middle Maynes Creek/“Eagle City” member; basal Crapo Fm); minor dense, “sublithographic” to stromatolitic (upper Maynes Creek Fm); minor limestone and dolomite, dense, nodular to banded, part silty (Crapo Fm)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed)(Prospect Hill Fm)
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)part cherty to very cherty, part fossiliferous (Maynes Creek-Wassonville formations)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)gray, silty (Prospect Hill Fm of southeastern Iowa)
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References | Witzke, Brian J., Anderson, Raymond R., and Pope, John P., 2010, Iowa Geological and Water Survey, DNR, Bedrock Geologic Map of Iowa, OFM-2010-1. Scale 1:500,000. |
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Counties | Buena Vista - Butler - Cerro Gordo - Des Moines - Franklin - Grundy - Hamilton - Hancock - Hardin - Henry - Humboldt - Iowa - Jasper - Johnson - Keokuk - Kossuth - Lee - Louisa - Mahaska - Marshall - Pocahontas - Poweshiek - Story - Tama - Washington - Wright |