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Louisville Limestone and Waldron Shale, undivided

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Louisville Limestone and Waldron Shale, undivided
State Kentucky
Name Louisville Limestone and Waldron Shale, undivided
Geologic age Silurian
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestonelithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively these units are about 80% limestone, 10% dolostone (dolomite), and 10% shale
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shalelithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively these units are about 80% limestone, 10% dolostone (dolomite), and 10% shale
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostonelithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively these units are about 80% limestone, 10% dolostone (dolomite), and 10% shale
Comments in west-central Kentucky, thickness is 0-30 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.
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Counties Allen - Bullitt - Jefferson - Nelson - Oldham