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  • Usage in publication:
    • Anvil Rock sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Owen, D.D., 1856, Report of the Geological Survey in Kentucky made during the years 1854 and 1855: Kentucky Geological Survey, v. 1, p. 3-248.


Summary:

Named for its resemblance to an anvil of two conspicuous masses of sandstone (locally called "Anvil Rock") located on northern escarpment on Hines Creek, Union Co., western KY. Consists of massive sandstone. Thickness is 31 feet. Separates Lower Coal Measures from Upper Coal Measures. [Age is Pennsylvanian.]

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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