Usage:
Shanks Quarry Member of Louisville Limestone (IN,KY)
Geologic age:
Silurian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures in Shanks quarry, 0.1 mi northeast of interchange 8 overpass on U.S. Interstate Highway I-64 in eastern Louisville, Lat. 38 deg. 41 min. 51 sec. N., Long. 85 deg. 41 min. 56 sec. W., Louisville East quadrangle, Jefferson Co., north-central KY (Conkin and others, 1992).
AAPG geologic province:
Cincinnati arch
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