State | Kentucky |
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Name | New Albany, Chattanooga, and Ohio Shales, Boyle Dolomite (Limestone), and Sellersburg Limestone, undivided |
Geologic age | Devonian to Mississippian |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale > Black-shale (Bed, Carbonaceous)lithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively the unit appear to be about 85% carbonaceous shale (black shale), 10% dolostone (dolomite), and 5% limestone
Minor
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)lithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively the unit appear to be about 85% carbonaceous shale (black shale), 10% dolostone (dolomite), and 5% limestone
Incidental
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)lithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively the unit appear to be about 85% carbonaceous shale (black shale), 10% dolostone (dolomite), and 5% limestone
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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 - Allen - Barren - Bath - Boyle - Bullitt - Casey - Clark - Clinton - Cumberland - Estill - Fleming - Garrard - Hardin - Jackson - Jefferson - Larue - Lewis - Lincoln - Madison - Marion - Metcalfe - Monroe - Montgomery - Nelson - Powell - Pulaski - Rowan - Russell - Taylor - Washington |