Pg. A28-A30. Science Hill Sandstone Member of Warsaw Formation. Chiefly reddish-brown quartzose sandstone. Contains abundant quartz geodes in lower 3.3 to 6.6 feet (1 to 2 m). Thickness at type section 43 feet (17.56 m). Is basal member of Warsaw Formation. Overlies Muldraugh Member of Borden Formation; underlies Salem and Warsaw Formations, undifferentiated. Age is Late Mississippian (Meramecian), based on fossils typical of the Warsaw.
Type section: along upper part of Sams Branch and across State road 1246 on northeast side of Bethel Knob, about 6.2 mi northwest of town of Science Hill, Lat. 37 deg. 13 min. 42 sec. N., Long. 84 deg. 44 min. 32 sec. W., Carter Coordinates (6-I-58) 300 m from west line, 525 m from north line, northwestern part of Science Hill quadrangle, Casey Co., south-central KY. Named from town of Science Hill, Science Hill 7.5-min quadrangle, Pulaski Co., south-central KY.

Source: Publication; US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1520, p. 273).

Science Hill Sandstone Member of Warsaw Formation "* * * is a deltaic sandstone body derived from a source area to the east and deposited in the eastern part of the basin of Warsaw age in south-central Kentucky. It covers an area of more than 2,600 km2 and attains a thickness of 13 m. It commonly makes up the lower part of the Warsaw Formation, but where thickest, it constitutes most of the Formation * * * intertongues or is gradational into clastic carbonate rocks, siltstone, and shale to the west and south." It commonly overlies the Muldraugh Member of the Borden Formation and underlies the remainder of the Warsaw Formation. Age is Mississippian.

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