State | Kentucky |
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Name | Wildie, Nada, Halls Gap, Holtsclaw Siltstone, Cowbell, Nancy, Kenwood Siltstone, New Providence Shale, Sunbury Shale, Berea Sandstone, and Bedford Shale, undivided; Borden Formation locally includes Renfro Member in eastern Kentucky |
Geologic age | Devonian to Mississippian |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Carbonaceous)lithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map;; collectively the units are estimated to be about 60% shale (locally silty or carbonaceous), 30% siltstone, and 10% sandstone
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstonelithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map;; collectively the units are estimated to be about 60% shale (locally silty or carbonaceous), 30% siltstone, and 10% sandstone
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstonelithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map;; collectively the units are estimated to be about 60% shale (locally silty or carbonaceous), 30% siltstone, and 10% sandstone
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Comments | collectively these units are 120-200 m thick in northeastern Kentucky and 90-135 m thick in East-central Kentucky |
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. |
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Counties | Adair - Bath - Boyle - Bullitt - Carter - Casey - Estill - Fleming - Garrard - Greenup - Hardin - Jackson - Jefferson - Larue - Lee - Lewis - Lincoln - Madison - Marion - Menifee - Montgomery - Morgan - Nelson - Powell - Pulaski - Rockcastle - Rowan - Russell - Taylor - Wolfe |