Usage:
Lee Creek Member of Brassfield Limestone (IN,KY)
Geologic age:
early Silurian (Llandovery)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: near head of tributary to Lee Creek, in NE/4 SE/4 SE/4 sec. 36, T. 3 N., R. 9 E., Jefferson Co., southeastern IN.
Reference sections: along the road and above an abandoned quarry, in NW/4 NE/4 NE/4 sec. 31, T. 3 N., R. 10 E.; at Dog Falls on a tributary of Big Saluda Creek, in center SE/4 sec. 2, T. 2 N., R. 9 E., Jefferson Co., IN (Nicoll and Rexroad, 1968).
AAPG geologic province:
Cincinnati arch
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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