- Usage in publication:
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- Hazleton Bridge formation
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Coal
- Limestone
- Shale
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Illinois basin
Summary:
Pg. 130, 134, 135, 136. Also, 1947 [abs.], Indiana Acad. Sci., Proc., v. 48, p. 114. Hazleton Bridge formation. Consists of 20 to 25 feet shale, locally containing one or more thin coals, a thin limestone, and black shale; locally fossiliferous. Underlies Dicksburg Hills sandstone (new); overlies Merom or Inglefield sandstone. Age is Late Pennsylvanian.
Type locality: at road level in White River bluff just south of White River bridge west of Hazleton on U.S. Highway, northern Gibson Co., southwestern IN.
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