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- Jemison chert*
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Chert
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
- Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Summary:
Named Jemison chert for Jemison, Chilton Co., AL. The Jemison is a calcareous bed, limestone or dolomite, known only by much chert along its outcrop. The chert is generally light gray or iron-stained, of dense texture, greatly sheared, jagged, and rough in its contours. Thickness ranges from 20 to at least 500 feet. In places is rests on Butting Ram sandstone member of Talladega slate, and in other places lies a short distance above that member. The Jemison is overlain by the Yellow Leaf quartz schist. The unit contains Oriskany fossils and is of Early Devonian age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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- Jemison Chert*
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- Revised
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Summary:
Jemison Chert of the Talladega Group is used in the Talladega thrust slice of the Rome thrust sheet in northern AL. Unconformably overlies the Butting Ram Sandstone. Age is Early and Middle Devonian.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
- Usage in publication:
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- Jemison Chert*
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- Overview
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Author follows Tull and others (1988) who discuss Early Devonian (Siegenian) fossils that help date Jemison Chert. [Report does not change age of Jemison.]
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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