Usage:
Cummins Station Shale Member of Muldraugh Formation (KY)
Geologic age:
Mississippian, Early
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: along the Louisville and Nashville RR and nearby hillsides midway between Maretburg and Broadhead, 0.5 mi west of Cummins Station, Rockcastle Co., central KY (Stockdale, 1939).
AAPG geologic province:
Cincinnati arch
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