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  • Usage in publication:
    • Bee Spring sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cincinnati arch
Publication:

Moore, P.N., 1884, Report on the geology of the Nolin River district, IN Moore, P.N., and others, Western coal field; Volume D: Kentucky Geological Survey [Reports of Special Subjects], [v. 4], p. 8-38.


Summary:

Named from Bee Spring, Edmonson County, Kentucky. Unit is the fourth sandstone above the St. Louis limestone. It is 50 to 60 feet thick. As the underlying heavy conglomerate thickens this sandstone thins and disappears in about 2 miles. It is usually coarse and contains small pebbles; in some areas it is thin bedded and shaly. The sandstone is included in Coal Measures. The Bee Spring overlies the Nolin coal in the Nolin River district. Age is Pennsylvanian.
Named from Bee Spring, Edmonson Co., KY.

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


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