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  • Usage in publication:
    • Dicksburg Hills sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • [Areal extent]
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Illinois basin
Publication:

Malott, C.A., 1939, The Hazleton Bridge formation of the Upper Pennsylvanian of southwestern Indiana [abs.]: Indiana Academy of Science Proceedings, v. 48, p. 114.


Summary:

Dicksburg Hills sandstone. Overlies Hazleton Bridge formation (new).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1116).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Dicksburg Hills sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Illinois basin
Publication:

Malott, C.A., 1947, The geology of the Dicksburg Hills, Knox County, Indiana: Indiana Academy of Science Proceedings, v. 57, p. 125-141., [1948]


Summary:

Pg. 131, 133 (flg. 2), 134. Dicksburg Hills sandstone. Massive coarse-grained micaceous friable cross-bedded sandstone. Thickness at type locality 50 feet. Unconformably overlies Hazelton Bridge formation; underlies Parkers formation. To the south, the sandstone was mapped as a part of Fuller's Inglefield formation (USGS Geol. Atlas of the US, Ditney and Patoka folios). Type locality designated. Age is Late Pennsylvanian.
Type locality: in "The Rock Bluffs," in SW/4 sec. 18, T. 1 N., R. 10 W., in northeastern part of the western hill of the Dicksburg Hills, Knox Co., southwestern IN.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1116).


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

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