- Usage in publication:
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- Cane Run Bed*
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Limestone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Cincinnati arch
Summary:
Pg. C20. Cane Run Bed of Grier Limestone Member of Lexington Limestone. A bed of argillaceous micro-grained limestone as much as 5 feet thick at or near top of the Grier. Base of bed is from 15 to 25 feet below base of Brannon Member. Age is Middle Ordovician.
Type section: in Pemberton quarry on east side of U.S. Highway 25, 0.9 mi north of Linlee School, Lexington West 7.5-min quadrangle, Fayette Co., central KY. Bed extends past pinchout edge of the Brannon into northern Fayette and southern Scott and Bourbon Cos. Named from Cane Run in north-central Fayette Co., central KY.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1350, p. 116).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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