- Usage in publication:
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- Dicksburg Hills sandstone
- Modifications:
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- [Areal extent]
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Illinois basin
Summary:
Dicksburg Hills sandstone. Overlies Hazleton Bridge formation (new).
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1116).
- Usage in publication:
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- Dicksburg Hills sandstone
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Sandstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Illinois basin
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).
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