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  • Usage in publication:
    • Canary Ironstone
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Sturgeon, M.T., Smith, G.E., and Flint, A.E., 1958, The geology and mineral resources of Athens County, Ohio: Ohio Division of Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 57, 600 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:62,500, compiled by G.E. Smith and others)


Summary:

No name derivation given. Named as part of Allegheny series, Clarion cyclothem. Occurs in southeastern OH. Consists of calcareous concretionary ironstone. Underlies Clarion underclay member; overlies Clarion shale and (or) sandstone member. Age is Pennsylvanian.

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


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