Chester group

Chattanooga shale (Carboniferous or Devonian) and underlying limestones of Early Devonian age.
State Mississippi
Name Chester group
Geologic age Devonian
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale
Comments Units Cm, and D are described under the unit name 'Chester group' on the map. No individual names are given, just the symbols.
References

Moore, William Halsell, 1969, reprinted 1985, Geologic Map of Mississippi, Compiled by Bicker, A. R., Jr., a revision of the geologic map published by the MS Geological Survey in 1945 in cooperation with the USGS, revised from data submitted by Dr. E. E. Russell of MS State University from published reports of the MS Geological Survey and from field revisions, Mercury Maps Inc., Jackson, MS., scale 1:500,000.

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Counties Tishomingo