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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