- Usage in publication:
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- St. Joseph limestone
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Limestone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Ozark uplift
Summary:
Pg. 331, 347. St. Joseph limestone. Massive limestone 200 or more feet thick, forming lower part of St. Francois limestone in southeastern Missouri. Underlies Potosi limestone and overlies La Motte [Lamotte] sandstone. [Age is Late Cambrian.]
[Named from mines of St. Joseph Lead Company near Fredericktown, southeast of Mine La Motte, eastern edge of Fredericktown quadrangle, scale 1:48,000, Madison Co., eastern MO.]
[GNC remark (ca. 1936, US geologic names lexicon, USGS Bull. 896, p. 1877): †St. Joseph limestone abandoned. Includes Elvins formation and Bonneterre limestone.]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1877).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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