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Geologic Unit: Hyden

Usage:

Hyden Formation of Breathitt Group (KY)


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in KY: Jesse Sandstone Member, Kendrick Shale Member, Puckett Sandstone Member.


Geologic age:

Middle Pennsylvanian (Moscovian; Westphalian B; early to middle Atokan)


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

Type locality: in vicinity of Hyden, Leslie Co., KY (Chesnut, 1992).
Reference section (subsurface): Daniel Boone Project, Redbird Series No. R-9 core, Creekville quadrangle (Chesnut, 1992).


AAPG geologic province:

Appalachian basin


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

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