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  • Usage in publication:
    • Bellepoint Member
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Swartz, C.K., 1907, The relation of the Columbus and Sundusky formations of Ohio, IN Notes from the Geological Laboratory, 1906-1907: Johns Hopkins University Circular, no. 7, p. 56-65.


Summary:

Pg. 62. Bellepoint member. Fossiliferous brown limestone with coral bed; 4 to 24 feet thick. Basal member of Columbus formation. Overlain by Marblehead member of Columbus.
Named for Bellepoint, Delaware Co., central OH.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 152).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Bellepoint member
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Wells, J.W., 1944, Middle Devonian bone beds of Ohio: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 55, no. 3, p. 273-302.


Summary:

Pg. 276 (fig. 1). Shown on generalized section of Franklin and Delaware Counties as underlying E[v]ersole chert member or Marblehead member where the Eversole is absent; overlies Bass Island.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 288).


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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