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  • Usage in publication:
    • Ferdinand limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
    • Chert
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Illinois basin
Publication:

Franklin, D.W., 1944, Pennsylvanian stratigraphy of part of southern Indiana [with introduction by H.R. Wanless]: Illinois Academy of Science Transactions, v. 37, p. 85-92.


Summary:

Pg. 87 (fig. 1), 88, 89. Ferdinand limestone of Mansfield group. Consists of black shiny opaque chert with casts of productids and dark-blue gray argillaceous dull limestone. Thickness about 2 feet. Lies about 20 feet below top of group; separated from underlying Fulda limestone (new) by about 15 feet of shale, underclay and coal. Age is Pennsylvanian (Pottsville).
Well exposed northeast of Ferdinand, in T. 3 S., R. 4 W., and west of Ferdinand State Forest, Dubois Co., southwestern IN.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1336-1337).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Ferdinand limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Illinois basin
Publication:

Cooper, C.L., 1946, Pennsylvanian ostracodes of Illinois: Illinois Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 70, 177 p. [Includes faunal chart, available online from the Illinois Geological Survey library: http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/library]


Summary:

Pg. 16 (fig. 2), 19. Included in Ti Valley series (new).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1336-1337).


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