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  • Usage in publication:
    • Lithopolis member
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Hyde, J.E., 1915, Stratigraphy of the Waverly formation of central and southern Ohio: Journal of Geology, v. 23, p. 655-682, 757-779.


Summary:

Pg. 656, 657, 670. Lithopolis member of Cuyahoga formation. Thin, horizontal, interbedded sandstones and shales; sandstones usually light gray or bluish, moderately fine-grained and evenly bedded; shales argillaceous and usually sandy and gray. Thickness 118 to 140 and possibly 200 feet. Basal member of Cuyahoga formaiton in central Fairfield and Hocking Counties, south-central Ohio. Underlies Fairfield member of Cuyahoga and overlies Sunbury shale. Lower 50 feet = Buena Vista member of Prosser and Cumings. Age is Mississippian.
Named from Lithopolis, Fairfield Co., south-central OH.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1192).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Lithopolis siltstone member
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Holden, F.T., 1942, Lower and Middle Mississippian stratigraphy of Ohio: Journal of Geology, v. 50, no. 1, p. 34-67.


Summary:

Pg. 43, 45. [Lithopolis siltstone member of Cuyahoga formation.] Included in Hocking Valley conglomerate facies of Cuyahoga formation and name emended to Lithopolis siltstone member [on p. 45 unit is referred to as sandstone member]. Estimated thickness 180 to 200 feet. Underlies Fairfield sandstone member, contact concealed. Age is Early Mississippian (Kinderhook).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 2184-2185).


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