State | Kentucky |
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Name | Lee Formation |
Geologic age | Mississippian to Pennsylvanian |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomeratelithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively these units are about 35% conglomerate, 25% siltstone, 30% sandstone, 10% shale and incidental coal.
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstonelithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively these units are about 35% conglomerate, 25% siltstone, 30% sandstone, 10% shale and incidental coal.
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shalelithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively these units are about 35% conglomerate, 25% siltstone, 30% sandstone, 10% shale and incidental coal.
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstonelithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively these units are about 35% conglomerate, 25% siltstone, 30% sandstone, 10% shale and incidental coal.
Incidental
Sedimentary > Coallithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively these units are about 35% conglomerate, 25% siltstone, 30% sandstone, 10% shale and incidental coal.
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Comments | along and south of Pine Mountain; thickness is 260-610 m |
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. |
NGMDB product | |
Counties | Bell - Harlan - Letcher - Pike - Whitley |