Usage:
Caney Creek Member of Brodhead Formation (KY)
Geologic age:
Early Mississippian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: a prominent knob, at head of Caney Creek, 2 mi east of Lebanon, Marion Co., central KY. Named from Caney Creek (Stockdale, 1939).
AAPG geologic province:
Cincinnati arch
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