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Xerox University Microfilms 300 North Zeeb Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 75-11,438 UTTLEY, Joseph Scott, 1945- THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE MAXVILLE GROUP OF OHIO AND CORRELATIVE STRATA IN ADJACENT AREAS. The Ohio State University, Ph.D., 1974 Geology Xerox University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 © 1975 JOSEPH SCOTT UTTLEY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED THIS DISSERTATION HAS BEEN MICROFILMED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED. THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE MAXVILLE GROUP OF OHIO AND CORRELATIVE STRATA IN ADJACENT AREAS DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By J. Scott Uttley, A.B., M.A. The Ohio State University 1974 ' Reading Committee: Approved by Professor Robert L. Bates Professor Stig M. Bergstrom Professor Garry D. McKenzie Adviser Department of Geology and Mineralogy ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The writer is indebted to Professor Robert L. Bates, for suggesting the study, for his aid, guidance, and en­ couragement during the course of the research and for his critical reading of several drafts of the manuscript. The writer is also indebted to Horace Collins, State Geologist, and to the staff of the Ohio Division of Geo­ logical Survey.for numerous courtesies; the survey pro­ vided space to examine well cuttings, allowed free ac­ cess to numerous data files and the sample library, and furnished numerous county base maps. I extend my gratitude to William S. Lytle and the staff of the Pittsburgh office of the Pennsylvania Geo­ logical Survey for their hospitality during my brief visit to that office. Thanks also to the staff of the West Virginia Geological Survey for field assistance and the use> of their sample library. Special thanks goes to Saeed Jaffery of the Geolog Co. of Pittsburgh, whose experience as a well sample logger was not lost on the writer. Thanks also to Professors Garry McKenzie, Charles Summerson, and Stig Bergstrom of The Ohio State University for their ii critical reading of the manuscript. In addition, the writer acknowledges support granted through the Friends of Orton Fund of the Department of Geology and Minera- logy of The Ohio State University, which helped defray the costs of drafting and reproduction. Finally, my wife, Hari, deserves special recog­ nition for her incredible patience, tolerance and under­ standing throughout the hectic years of my graduate studies and for her aid in typing and drafting portions of the manuscript. iii VITA October 21, 1945.............Born— Potts town, Penn. 1967..... .................... A.B., Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1967-1969.............. Teaching Assistant, Depart­ ment of Geology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Summer, 1968................. Exploration geologist, Mo­ bil Oil Corp., New Orleans, Louisiana 1969.. ........................ M.A., Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 1969-1970 .................... Exploration geologist, Mo­ bil Oil Corp., New Orleans, Louisiana 1970-197 2 ..... .....Instructor of Geoscience, Jersey City State College, Jersey City, New Jersey 1972-1973.................... Teaching Assistant, Depart­ ment of Geology and Minera­ logy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio FILEDS OF STUDY Major Field: Geology Studies in physical stratigraphy— Professor Robert L. Bates. Studies in biostratigraphy— Professors Stig M. Berg­ strom and Walter C. Sweet. v Studies in economic geology— Professor Robert L. Bates. Studies in environmental geology— Professor Garry D. McKenzie. Studies in sedimentation— Professor Charles H. Summer- son. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.......... ............... •........ ii VITA..............................*............... iv LIST OF TABLES................. viii LIST OF PLATES................. ix LIST OF FIGURES . x INTRODUCTION...................................... 1 CHAPTER I SOURCES OF DATA.......................... 5 Well Samples.... ..... ............... 5 Identification of the Maxville Interval in Well Samples . 6 Geophysical Logs ........... ......... 10 Cores............ ................. 11 Drillers1 Logs . 13 Outcrops..... 16 Paleontological Information......... 17 II PREVIOUS WORK............................ 18 Maxville Limestone of Ohio.......... 18 Meramecian and Chesterian Car­ bonates in Adjacent Areas.. ......... 30 Northeastern Kentucky Section..... 30 West Virginia Section . 34 Section in Southwestern Pennsyl­ vania and Adjacent Maryland and West Virginia . 37 v CHAPTER PAGE III STRATIGRAPHY OF THE MAXVILLE GROUP 42 Introduction to the Problem......... 42 Distribution and Thickness.......... 43 Nature and Significance of the Pre-Maxville Disconformity.......... 44 Evidence of Disconformity.-....... 44 Topography and Relief............. 48 Tectonic Significance............. 56 Dillon Falls Formation of Ohio and Its Correlatives in Adjacent Areas.. 58 Physical Character and Distri­ bution.............................. 58 Identification in the Sub­ surface............................ 65 Correlation with the St. Louis of Kentucky.................. 65 Correlative Units in West Vir­ ginia and Pennsylvania............ 66 The Post—Dillon Falls—St. Louis Dis— conformity. .................... 68 Formations of Ste. Genevieve Age in • Ohio and Adjacent Areas............. 69 Relation to Type Section.......... 69 Expanded Definition of the Max­ ville Group........... 70 The Ste. Genevieve Limestone of Ohio and Adjacent Northeastern Kentucky...1................ 71 Equivalents in West Virginia. 74 The Loyalhanna Limestone.......... 76 Relation of Ste. Genevieve Lime­ stone to Loyalhanna Limestone in Ohio............................ 82 Possible Ste. Genevieve Equi­ valent in Gallia County........... 88 Dispersal Patterns of Terrigen­ ous elastics....................... 90 The Post-Ste. Genevieve Regional Disconformity........................ 93 Chesterian Formations of the Max­ ville Group.......................... 95 Jonathan Creek Formation.......... 95 Bluerock Creek Formation.......... 106 vi CHAPTER PAGE Correlation of Chesterian Units in Ohio........ 109 Correlatives of the Bluerock Creek Formation.................... 129 Possible Disconformity at Base of Bluerock Creek and Regional Equivalents................ 133 Summary of Correlations........... 134 Paleogeography of Ohio in Middle Chesterian Time...................... 137 The Maxville Group and Its Equi­ valents Synthesis and Correla­ tion....................... 140 The Post-Maxville (Monday Creek) Disconformity........................ 147 Compound Nature of Pre- Pennsylvanian Disconformity...... 149 Age of the Monday Creek Dis- conformity......................... 151 Characteristics of the Monday Creek Surface...................... 152 IV ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF THE MAXVILLE GROUP.................................... 171 Oil and Gas.......................... 171 Industrial Stone..................... 173 Prospects in Muskingum County 177 Prospects in Perry County......... 178 Type C Prospects in Other Ohio Counties.................. 182 V CONCLUSIONS.............................. 187 APPENDIX A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE DESCRIPTIONS 193 B SUMMARY OF SAMPLE, CORE, AND GEO­ PHYSICAL DATA USED IN THIS STUDY 214 BIBLIOGRAPHY....................................... 243 LIST OF TABLES TABLE PAGE 1. Mississippian and Early Pennsylvanian Stratigraphic Column of Ohio?.......... 7 2. Five Sample Descriptions of the Maxville Interval.................... 8 3. Correlation of the Maxville Limestone from 1871 to 1948....................... 24 4. Development of Upper Mississippian Nomenclature and Correlations in Northeastern Kentucky................... 32 5.