- Usage in publication:
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- Holts Summit formation
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Sandstone
- Shale
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Ozark uplift
Summary:
Pg. 78-80. Alternating beds of sandstone and arenaceous shale. Average thickness about 4 feet with maximum not more than 8 or 10 feet. Unconformably overlies Snyder Creek or Callaway; unconformably underlies Massie Creek formation (new). Age is Late Devonian.
Type locality: in NE/4 SE/4 SE/4 sec. 11, T. 45 N., R. 11 W., on major branch of Clifton Creek about 2.5 mi northwest of Holts Summit, Callaway Co., central MO.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1789).
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