U.S. Geological Survey Home AASG Logo USGS HOME CONTACT USGS SEARCH USGS
National Geologic Map Database
Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Preachersville Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Mudstone
    • Dolomite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cincinnati arch
Publication:

Weir, G.W., Greene, R.C., and Simmons, G.C., 1965, Calloway Creek Limestone and Ashlock and Drakes Formations (Upper Ordovician) in south-central Kentucky, IN Contributions to stratigraphy, 1965: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1224-D, p. D1-D36.


Summary:

Named Preachersville Member of Drakes Formation, upper member of two. Chiefly composed of grayish-green dolomitic or limy, sparsely glauconitic silty mudstone which is obscurely bedded in fresh roadcuts but weathers readily to platy fragments a fraction of an inch thick and a few inches across. Many bedding surfaces are covered by ripple marks or mud cracks. Megafossils are absent or very sparse. Also contains 10 to 20 percent argillaceous, fine-grained dolomite in resistant beds, a few inches to a few feet thick; commonly the thicker beds are near the base of the member. Some dolomitic beds contain abundant poorly preserved bryozoans and sparse brachiopods. In places, the base of the member is marked by as much as 6 feet of fossiliferous limestone containing abundant colonial corals and stromatoporoids. The Preachersville member ranges from 55 to 95 feet in thickness. Underlain by Rowland Member; overlain by Brassfield Dolomite of Early Silurian age.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Preachersville Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cincinnati arch
Publication:

Wahlman, G.P., 1992, Middle and Upper Ordovician symmetrical univalved mollusks (Monoplacophora and Bellerophontina) of the Cincinnati arch region, IN Pojeta, John, Jr., ed., Contributions to the Ordovician paleontology of Kentucky and nearby states: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1066-O, p. O1-O203.


Summary:

The Preachersville Member of the Drakes Formation in south-central KY consists of grayish-green dolomitic or calcareous silty mudstone and finely crystalline dolomite or dolomitic limestone. The basal part contains colonial corals and stromatoporoids. Thickness is 55 to 95 feet. Overlies the Rowland Member of the Drakes Formation on the southern and eastern sides of the Lexington dome. The Preachersville is of Late Ordovician (Richmondian) age.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Preachersville Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cincinnati arch
Publication:

Frey, R.C., 1995, Middle and Upper Ordovician nautiloid cephalopods of the Cincinnati arch region of Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio, IN Pojeta, John, Jr., ed., Contributions to the Ordovician paleontology of Kentucky and nearby states: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1066-P, p. P1-P126.


Summary:

Age of Preachersville Member of Drakes Formation is refined to Cincinnatian (Richmondian).

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


Search archives

For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).

Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices

USA Gov U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
Supported by the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program
Page Contact Information: Personnel
Page Last Modified: Thu 04 Apr 2024 03:29:56 PM MDT