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Geologic Unit: Dixon

Usage:

[?] /Dixon Sandstone Member of Mattoon Formation of McLeansboro Group (KY)

[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Dixon Clay by Foerste (1903) in TN.]


Geologic age:

Late Pennsylvanian


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Named from exposures near Dixon, Webster Co., western KY (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).


AAPG geologic province:

Illinois basin


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

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