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  • Usage in publication:
    • Maxville limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Andrews, E.B., 1870, Report of progress in the second district, Part II, IN Report of progress in 1869: Ohio Division of Geological Survey Report of Progress, 2nd series, p. 55-135.


Summary:

Named for village of Maxville, Perry Co., central OH. Consists of limestone. Overlies Logan sandstone group (new), although not everywhere present. Gives way to sandstone of usual coal measure grit. [Age is Mississippian.]

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Maxville Limestone*
  • Modifications:
    • Biostratigraphic dating
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Hoare, R.D., and Skipp, Betty, 1995, Calcareous microfossils from the Upper Mississippian (Chesterian) Maxville Limestone, southeastern Ohio: Journal of Paleontology, v. 69, no. 4, p. 617-624. [Available online, with subscription, from AGI georef (CSA Illumina): http://ca1.csa.com; and JSTOR: http://jstor.org]


Summary:

Foraminifera biostratigraphy indicates that the Maxville Limestone in southeastern OH is of Late Mississippian (Chesterian) age. Early Chesterian forms recovered include NEOARCHAEDISCUS MAXVILLENSIS, PARAARCHAEDISCUS aff. P. PACHYTHECA, PARAARCHAEDISCUS cf. P. KOKTJUBENSIS, and ENDOTHYRA EXCELLENS.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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