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Geologic Unit: Dixon
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Dixon sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Illinois basin
Publication:

Glenn, L.C., 1912, The geology of Webster County, IN Report of progress of the Survey, 1910-1911: Kentucky Geological Survey Report of Progress, 3rd series, p. 25-35.


Summary:

Pg. 26. Dixon sandstone. Fine-grained variable sandstone 10 to 60 feet thick forming basal member of Dixon [Henshaw] formation in Webster County, western Kentucky. [Age is Pennsylvanian.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 614).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Dixon sandstone†
  • Modifications:
    • Abandoned
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Illinois basin
Publication:

Wilmarth, M.G., 1925, [Selected Geologic Names Committee remarks (ca. 1900-1925) on Carboniferous rocks of the Illinois basin], IN Wilmarth, M.G., 1938, Lexicon of geologic names of the United States (including Alaska): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 896, pts. 1-2, 2396 p.


Summary:

†Dixon sandstone in Henshaw formation abandoned. Preoccupied in Silurian of Tennessee [Dixon clay of Foerste, 1903].
Named from Dixon, Webster Co., western KY, where it is well developed.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 614).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Dixon sandstone member
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Illinois basin
Publication:

Wanless, H.R., 1939, Pennsylvanian correlations in the Eastern Interior and Appalachian coal fields: Geological Society of America Special Paper, 17, 130 p.


Summary:

Pg. 81. Dixon sandstone, basal member of Dixon formation. [Age is Pennsylvanian.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1126).


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

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

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