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  • Usage in publication:
    • Caney Creek member
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Siltstone
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cincinnati arch
Publication:

Stockdale, P.B., 1939, Lower Mississippian rocks of the east-central interior [Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio]: Geological Society of America Special Paper, 22, 248 p.


Summary:

Pg. 76, 157, 159-160, 202, pls. 6, 15. Caney Creek member of Brodhead formation. Predominantly siltstone and shale. As much as 72 feet thick. Underlies Clementsville member (new); overlies unnamed shaly member. Included in Liberty facies (new) of formation. Age is Early Mississippian.
Type locality: a prominent knob, at head of Caney Creek, 2 mi east of Lebanon, Marion Co., central KY. Named from Caney Creek.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 608).


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