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Sand and Gravel Resources Along the Ohio River Valley in Boone, Gallatin, and Carroll Counties, Kentucky Eugene J University of Kentucky UKnowledge Kentucky Geological Survey Report of Kentucky Geological Survey Investigations 1994 Sand and Gravel Resources Along the Ohio River Valley in Boone, Gallatin, and Carroll Counties, Kentucky Eugene J. Amaral University of Kentucky Right click to open a feedback form in a new tab to let us know how this document benefits oy u. Follow this and additional works at: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/kgs_ri Part of the Geology Commons Repository Citation Amaral, Eugene J., "Sand and Gravel Resources Along the Ohio River Valley in Boone, Gallatin, and Carroll Counties, Kentucky" (1994). Kentucky Geological Survey Report of Investigations. 48. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/kgs_ri/48 This Report is brought to you for free and open access by the Kentucky Geological Survey at UKnowledge. It has been accepted for inclusion in Kentucky Geological Survey Report of Investigations by an authorized administrator of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact [email protected]. -.v o ooo • 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 0 • 0 • 0 0 o O • • • 0 0 0 0 • ISSN 0075-5591 • 0 0 0 0 0 • oo . • 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 Kentucky Geological Survey o•o o • o . o Donald C. Haney, State Geologist and Director 00 0 • 0 0 0 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON • 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 • • 0 0 0 0 o • o • ·a o • o o 0 0 0 0 0 • • • 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 . 0 . 0 0 o. ·o o ·o o • 0 • 0 Sand and Gravel Resources Along the Ohio River Valley 0 0 0 0 0 • • 0 • 00 0 0 o • 0 • ·a • o 0 • 0 • 0 0 in Boone, 0 • • oOo o .• • 0 0 0 Gallatin, and 0 0 0 0 0 • o ' o , .o.o 0 Carroll Counties, O . o . o o• o • a o o O , Kentucky 0 0 ° • • 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 o O O 0 0 0 0 • • 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 • 0 0 I 00 0 0 O o . o .o 0 • 0 • 0 • o o O o • a o o 0 ° 0 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 0 0 • oOo o . o 0 0 0 0 0 • . • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eugene J. Amaral With Contributions by Warren H. Anderson 0 0 . 0 o. • 0 Series XI, 1994 Report of Investigations 8 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 https://doi.org/10.13023/kgs.ri08.11 0 • ISSN 0075-5591 KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON Donald C. Haney, State Geologist and Director SAND AND GRAVEL RESOURCES ALONG THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY IN BOONE, GALLATIN, AND CARROLL COUNTIES, KENTUCKY Eugene J. Amaral With Contributions by Warren H. Anderson Report of Investigations 8 Series XI, 1994 https://doi.org/10.13023/kgs.ri08.11 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL DIVISION Charles T. Wethington, Jr., President Coal and Minerals Section: Delwood C. Collins, Acting Vice President for Re­ Donald R. Chesnut, Jr., Acting Head search and Graduate Studies Garland R. Dever, Jr., Geologist VII Jack Supplee, Director, Fiscal Affairs and Sponsored Cortland F. Eble, Geologist V Project Administration David A. Williams, Geologist V, Henderson Office KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ADVISORY Warren H. Anderson, Geologist IV BOARD Gerald A. Weisenfluh, Geologist IV Hugh B. Gabbard, Chairman, Richmond Stephen F. Greb, Geologist III Steve Cawood, Pineville Robert E. Andrews, Geologist I Larry R. Finley, Henderson Petroleum and Stratigraphy Section: Kenneth Gibson, Madisonville James A. Drahovzal, Head Wallace W. Hagan, Lexington Ronald L. Street, Associate Professor Phil M. Miles, Lexington Terence Hamilton-Smith, Geologist V W. A. Mossbarger, Lexington Patrick J. Gooding, Geologist IV Henry A. Spalding, Hazard David C. Harris, Geologist IV Jacqueline Swigart, Louisville Brandon C. Nuttall, Geologist IV Ralph N. Thomas, Owensboro Matthew Humphreys, Geologist II George H. Warren, Jr., Owensboro Gerald J. Kinsella, Geologist I David A. Zegeer, Lexington Thomas N. Sparks, Geologist I Anna E. Watson, Geologist I KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Robert R. Daniel, Laboratory Technician B Donald C. Haney, State Geologist and Director Jay C. Ramsey, Laboratory Assistant John D. Kiefer, Assistant State Geologist for Adminis- Theola L. Evans, Staff Assistant IV tration James C. Cobb, Assistant State Geologist for Research Water Resources Section: ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION James S. Dinger, Head James A. Kipp, Geologist V Personnel and Finance Section: Daniel I. Carey, Hydrologist IV James L. Hamilton, Administrative Staff Officer II Roger S. Banks, Account Clerk V James C. Currens, Geologist IV David R. Wunsch, Geologist IV Clerical Section: Alex W. Fogle, Hydrologist III Jody L. Fox, Staff Assistant VII Philip G. Conrad, Geologist II Joyce Belcher, Staff Assistant VI Gary K. Felton, Geologist II Juanita G. Smith, Staff Assistant V, Henderson Office Dwayne M. Keagy, Geologist II Publications Section: Shelley A. Minns, Geologist II Donald W. Hutcheson, Head C. Douglas R. Graham, Geological Technician Margaret Luther Smath, Geologic Editor III Timothy D. Montowski, Geological Technician Terry D. Hounshell, Chief Cartographic Illustrator Kevin J. Wente, Geological Technician Richard A. Smath, Geologist III, ESIC Coordinator Computer and Laboratory Services Section: Michael L. Murphy, Principal Drafting Technician Gwenda K. Rulo, Drafting Technician Steven J. Cordi viola, Head William A. Briscoe, III, Publication Sales Supervisor Richard E. Sergeant, Geologist V Shirley D. Dawson, Staff Assistant V Joseph B. Dixon, Systems Programmer James M. McElhone, Sr. Systems Analyst Programmer Geologic Data Center: Henry E. Francis, Associate Scientist 0. Barton Davidson, Geologist II Karen Cisler, Senior Research Analyst Eugenia E. Kelley, Staff Assistant V Steven R. Mock, Research Analyst Frances A. Benson, Staff Assistant IV Alice T. Schilling, Research Analyst Luanne Davis, Staff Assistant IV Mark F. Thompson, Research Analyst Kimberly B. Stroth, Staff Assistant IV Tammie J. Heazlit, Senior Laboratory Technician CONTENTS Page Abstract ............................................................................................ 1 Introduction ........................................................................................ 2 Location ......................................................................................... 2 Previous Studies .................................................................................. 2 Geologic Setting ..................................................................................... 2 Regional Geology and Geomorphology .............................................................. 2 Pleistocene Geology ............................................................................... 4 Pre-Illinoian Stage .............................................................................. 4 Illinoian Stage ................................................................................. 5 Wisconsinan Stage .............................................................................. 5 Stratigraphy Of Sand, Gravel, And Related Deposits ..................................................... 7 Ordovician Period ................................................................................ 7 Pliocene(?)-Pleistocene Series ...................................................................... 7 Pleistocene Series ................................................................................. 7 Pre-Illinoian Stage .............................................................................. 7 Illinoian Stage ................................................................................. 8 Wisconsinan Stage .............................................................................. 8 Holocene Series .................................................................................. 9 Economic Geology .................................................................................. 9 Deposit Size and Geometry ........................................................................ 9 Topography ...................................................................................... 9 Overburden Thickness ............................................................................ 9 Cementation ..................................................................................... 9 Water Table ..................................................................................... 10 Aggregate Properties ............................................................................. 10 Weathering ..................................................................................... 10 Depositional Environment ........................................................................ 10 Description Of Deposits ............................................................................. 11 Size ............................................................................................ 11 Bedding ........................................................................................ 11 Grain Size ...................................................................................... 11 Composition .................................................................................... 12 Pebble Morphology .............................................................................. 13 Soundness ...................................................................................... 13 Resource Potential ............................................................................... 13 Acknowledgments ................................................................................. 13 References Cited ................................................................................... 14 Appendix A ....................................................................................... 17 Appendix B ....................................................................................... 43 Appendix
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