GEOLOGIC MAP 19 Series XII, 2009 MAPPED UNITS OF NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY MISSISSIPPIAN Geologic Map of Kentucky Mc Carter Caves Sandstone MAPPED UNITS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY QUATERNARY Mpsl Paragon and Slade Formations, undivided RECENT DEVONIAN and MISSISSIPPIAN Qfm Modern Ohio River floodplain alluvium Msla Slade Formation This geologic map was compiled from 707 U.S. Geological Survey 7.5-minute geologic quadrangle maps GEOLOGIC MAP OF KENTUCKY Mb af Artificial fill (compacted rock debris from highway, railroad, MDna New Albany Shale (central Kentucky) Qfo Older Ohio River floodplain alluvium Borden Formation (scale 1:24,000), which were digitized during the Kentucky Geological Survey Digital Geologic Mapping Program and reservoir construction) MDc Chattanooga Shale (south central Kentucky) Qal Alluvium (1996–2006). The purpose of the map is to show, at a regional scale, as much of the detailed geology as possible O H I O Qlc Landslide deposits and colluvium DEVONIAN and MISSISSIPPIAN Kentucky Geological Survey U.S. Geological Survey from the original 7.5-minute maps. The map also illustrates regional changes in stratigraphic nomenclature QUATERNARY Qe Eolian sand, dune sand MDsb Sunbury Shale, Berea Sandstone, and Qt Terrace deposits Bedford Shale, undivided University of Kentucky, Lexington National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program that generally arise from lateral variation in the rocks, but may also be due to evolving usage during the original Qal Alluvium DEVONIAN 0 10 20 40 60 80 Qala Alluvium and lacustrine deposits Dnsb New Albany Shale and Beechwood Limestone Qo Glacial outwash MDna New Albany Shale Covington Newport James C. Cobb, State Geologist and Director STATEMAP Coordinators mapping program. During the digital compilation, every effort was made to resolve inconsistencies in stratigraphic Qao Older alluvium Member of Sellersburg Limestone 1996 - Art Schultz nomenclature, to adopt recent usage, and edgematch adjoining maps. As such, this map uniquely combines the Kilometers 5 DEVONIAN Qam Alluvium of valley sides, meanders, and abandoned channels Db Boyle Dolomite 275 5 TERTIARY and QUATERNARY 1997 - Peter Lyttle Terrace deposits Dsj Sellersburg and Jeffersonville Limestones QTf High-level fluvial deposits Do Ohio Shale fidelity of large-scale maps with the regional perspective of a statewide compilation to illustrate the achievements Qt 0 5 10 20 30 40 50 Qo 471 Qd Glacial drift Db Boyle Dolomite 2002 - Randy Orndorff of the KGS Digital Mapping Program. Ob Qd Qla Lacustrine or slack water deposits Miles PERMIAN Glacial outwash Qt Intrusive rocks of Permian age (Elliott County kimberlite) SILURIAN Qo SILURIAN Burlington This map is a culmination of work that took place over a 50-year period. The original geologic maps were Ql Loess Slwl Louisville Limestone, Waldron Shale, and Pp Unweathered peridotite, oxidized and hydrated peridotite, Sbi Bisher Limestone 5 275 prepared by 278 geologists and published between 1960 and 1978 by the USGS–KGS Mapping Program. With Qlc Landslide deposits and colluvium Laurel Dolomite and soil containing crystals of ilmenite and garnet Scu Upper part of Crab Orchard Group (includes Slv Compilation by Thomas N. Sparks Alger Shale and Estill Shale) support from the State Geologic Mapping component of the U.S. Geological Survey National Cooperative Louisville Limestone Ok 39º Geologic Mapping Program, 60 earth scientists, GIS experts, technicians, and students scanned and digitized the TERTIARY and QUATERNARY Slw Louisville Limestone and Waldron Shale 39º PENNSYLVANIAN Scb Lower part of Crab Orchard Group (includes Sw &mc Brassfield Member, Drowning Creek Formation) paper maps between 1996 and 2006. The digital 7.5-minute geologic quadrangle maps were then compiled into QTlf Lacustrine and fluvial deposits (ancestral Licking River) Waldron Shale Qo Monongahela Formation and upper Conemaugh Formation Kentucky Geological Survey QTs Brecciated and slumped sandstone, conglomerate, and shale Sl Laurel Dolomite BOONE KENTON Alexandria &c Conemaugh Formation Digital Geologic Mapping Program thirty-two 30 x 60 minute maps (scale 1:100,000) prior to this final compilation at 1:350,000 scale. Only QTf High-level fluvial deposits Sbi Bisher Limestone SCALE 1:350,000 5 &pr Princess Formation ORDOVICIAN QTg Sob &fc Od formations and faults are displayed on this map, but other features such as coal beds, mineral veins, outcrops, fossil Gravel and sand deposits, or Terrace gravel Osgood and Brassfield Formations 5 Four Corners Formation Drakes Formation So Ob &h Ob locations, structure contours, and locations of surface mines were digitized during the program. The original maps, Osgood Formation OHIO Hyden Formation Bull Fork Formation Independence Digital Geologic Mapping Advisory Committee GIS data sets, and published compilations can be found in the KGS online publications catalog (uky.edu/KGS). PENNSYLVANIAN Scb Crab Orchard Formation and Brassfield Dolomite Kentucky single zone: North American datum of 1983 (NAD83) CAMPBELL &pk Pikeville Formation Oa Ashlock Formation Warren H. Anderson, Chairman James C. Cobb, State Geologist and Director &pk Pikeville Formation Sb Brassfield Dolomite 75 &g Grundy Formation Ogl Grant Lake Limestone KGS has also developed and made available through the Internet a geologic map service to provide interactive and Qo Physiographic map of Kentucky. Donald C. Haney, Director Emeritus John D. Kiefer, Assistant State Geologist &g Grundy Formation Lambert conformal conic map projection with double standard parallels at &gc Corbin Sandstone Member of Grundy Formation Of Fairview Formation QTlf customized geologic maps with links to related data (kgs.uky.edu/kgsweb/main.asp). &ga Grundy and Alvy Creek Formations Qla Occ Calloway Creek Limestone Thomas N. Sparks, Compiler and Spatial Database Manager Gerald A. Weisenfluh, Section Head, Database, Web Development RIVER 38 deg 40 min latitude north and 37 deg 05 min latitude north I N D I A N A &bm Donald R. Chesnut Jr., Section Head, Stratigraphy (Retired) Steven Cordiviola, Section Head &gc Corbin Sandstone Member of Grundy Formation ORDOVICIAN / Middle part of Breathitt Group, undifferentiated Ok Kope Formation &gm &pg Okc Kope and Clays Ferry Formations James S. Dinger, Section Head Martin C. Noger, Stratigraphy (Retired) The geology of Kentucky consists of generally flat-lying sedimentary rocks of Ordovician through Marsh Creek Sandstone Member of Grundy Formation Od Drakes Formation Pikeville and Grundy Formations, undifferentiated &brr Oc 5 42 27 &bl Lower part of Breathitt Group, undifferentiated Ocf Clays Ferry Formation James A. Drahovzal, Section Head Garland R. Dever Jr. (Retired), Stratigraphy Tertiary/Quaternary age and a few igneous intrusions of Permian age. The Cincinnati Arch is a major structural Rockcastle Sandstone Member, Bee Rock Formation Cumberland Formation ^_ State Capital County Seat &acl Livingston Conglomerate Member, Alvy Creek Formation Oa Ashlock Formation Richard E. Sergeant, Database Coordinator Stephen F. Greb, Stratigraphy uplifted feature that trends north-south through the state and exposes the oldest Ordovician rocks along the &ac Alvy Creek Formation Ob Bull Fork Formation Qt 84º Daniel I. Carey, GIS Jessamine Dome of central Kentucky. The arch separates the Appalachian Basin in the east from the Illinois Of Ogl Grant Lake Limestone Qo Basin in the west. Both basins contain many coal beds and abundant oil and gas reserves. Surrounding the arch MISSISSIPPIAN Occ Calloway Creek Limestone 85º Bullock Pen Project Staff are outcropping organic-rich Devonian shale units that thicken into the subsurface and produce most of eastern Mp Paragon Formation Ole Leipers Limestone (south central Kentucky) Lake Of Fairview Formation 71 83º Warren H. Anderson, Principal Investigator Thomas Sparks, Chief Compiler, Spatial Data Manager Michael L. Murphy, Compiler, Williamson, Status Maps Kentucky’s natural gas resources. There are also mineral districts in central, western, and southern Kentucky that Msla Slade Formation 5 Lance G. Morris, Compiler, Hazard, Irvine Mark F. Thompson, Compiler, south-central Kentucky Matthew M. Crawford, Compiler, west-central Kentucky Mbh Bangor Limestone and Hartselle Formation Og Garrard Siltstone Warsaw have produced commercial quantities of barite, fluorite, calcite, galena, and sphalerite. The Jackson Purchase Mmk Kidder Limestone Member, Monteagle Limestone Ok Kope Formation Qo Qal Steven L. Martin, Compiler, Jackson Purchase Michael P. Solis, Digitizer, Compiler, Evansville Carl Petersen, Digitizer, Compiler, northeastern Kentucky 9 Qlc Jason A. Patton, Compilation, Metadata Thomas J. Conley, Digitizer, Compiler, Jasper Douglas C. Curl, Compiler, ArcIMS development Region in far western Kentucky is located in the northern part of the Late Mesozoic (Cretaceous) Mississippi Mmg Ste. Genevieve Limestone Member, Monteagle Limestone Okc Kope and Clays Ferry Formations Qam R. Shawn Duncan, Digitizer Christopher P. Hettinger, Digitizer Steve T. Plauché, Digitizer Embayment. The region consists of a dissected coastal plain of unconsolidated Cretaceous and Tertiary sand and Msl St. Louis Limestone Ocf Clays Ferry Formation Kinkaid Msb Burnside Member of Slade Formation Ocp Point Pleasant Tongue of Clays Ferry Formation GALLATIN Qfm Qfm Tambrie L. Johnson, Digitizer Jack E. Mullins, Digitizer Hugh Nelson Jr., Digitizer gravel deposits overlain by a veneer of Quaternary loess and alluvium. Qo Boltz Lake Mbr Qfo William M. Andrews Jr., Digitizer Steven Cordiviola, Digitizer