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Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data
Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data
| State | Kentucky |
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| Name | Alluvium |
| Geologic age | Pleistocene to Holocene |
| Primary rock type | sand |
| Secondary rock type | silt |
| Other rock types | glacial drift |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sandlithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; includes glacial deposits along the Ohio River and its tributaries west of Cannelton locks
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Siltlithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; includes glacial deposits along the Ohio River and its tributaries west of Cannelton locks
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| Map 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. |
| Unit 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. |
| Counties | Adair - Ballard - Barren - Bell - Boone - Bourbon - Boyd - Bracken - Breckinridge - Bullitt - Butler - Caldwell - Calloway - Carlisle - Carroll - Carter - Casey - Christian - Clay - Clinton - Crittenden - Daviess - Estill - Fleming - Franklin - Fulton - Gallatin - Grant - Graves - Grayson - Green - Hancock - Hardin - Harrison - Hart - Henderson - Henry - Hickman - Hopkins - Jackson - Jefferson - Johnson - Kenton - Knox - Larue - Laurel - Lawrence - Lee - Lewis - Livingston - Logan - Lyon - McCracken - McCreary - McLean - Marion - Marshall - Mason - Meade - Monroe - Muhlenberg - Ohio - Oldham - Owsley - Pike - Powell - Rowan - Russell - Simpson - Taylor - Todd - Trigg - Trimble - Union - Warren - Wayne - Webster - Whitley - Wolfe |