University of Kentucky UKnowledge Kentucky Geological Survey Map and Chart Kentucky Geological Survey 2017 Kentucky Stratigraphy Stephen F. Greb University of Kentucky, [email protected] 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_mc Part of the Geology Commons Repository Citation Greb, Stephen F., "Kentucky Stratigraphy" (2017). Kentucky Geological Survey Map and Chart. 210. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/kgs_mc/210 This Map and Chart 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 Map and Chart by an authorized administrator of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact [email protected]. KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP AND CHART 211 William C. Haneberg, State Geologist and Director Series XII, 2017 UNIVERSITY of KENTUCKY, Lexington Kentucky Stratigraphy https://doi.org/10.13023/kgs.mc211.12 Compiled by Stephen F. Greb l ia ch) ch) Western Kentucky Western Kentucky Central Kentucky Eastern Kentucky Western Kentucky Western Kentucky Central Kentucky Eastern Kentucky Era Era po po Series Series (Mississippi Embayment) (Illinois Basin) (Cincinnati Arch) (Appalachian Basin) Glacial- (Mississippi Embayment) (Illinois Basin) (Cincinnati Arch) (Appalachian Basin) System System (E (E Substages Interglac Holocene 0 Holo- Late 0 Quarter- See Holocene-Pleistocene detail (larger scale) cene Peoria loess nary Pleistocene ? See Holocene-Pleistocene detail (larger scale) Ohio River Big Bone Lick fossils (mostly Most of Kentucky’s 2.6 sinan Roxana silt “Metropolis Fm.” floodplain sediments floodplain sediments noian on less than 10,600 years old) Pliocene lli Loveland loess I ? (alluvium) are 0 to (alluvium) are less than Mounds Gravel Middle 5.3 Wisc 20,000 years old 10,000 years old ? (Lafayette Gravel, continental deposits) ian Old Kentucky River on 1.0 river deposits ian m Upper ? 10 no ? anga S Pleistocene ? Quaternary Quaternary Ohio River in its present valley Cenozoic Cenozoic ? ? Irvine Fm. Early Pre-Illi Neogene rt rt Lower levels formed (Older downstream to west) 2.0 pa pa Miocene e The “Mounds Gravel” may be as ry sly sly sly en ia c young as the Early Pleistocene Mammoth Cave iou iou lio Upper levels formed Prev Tert of Prev P of ? wer Middle 20 Lo 2.59 23 r e ppe U en Western Kentucky Western Kentucky Central Kentucky Eastern Kentucky Era ciozoneC Series System (Mississippi Embayment) (Illinois Basin) (Cincinnati Arch) (Appalachian Basin) 30 wer Oligoc 359 Lo ? Cleveland Shale Member 360 )yraitreT fo trap ylsuoiverp( trap fo )yraitreT ) Three Lick Bed Berea Ss. 33.9 Hannibal Maury Fm.? equivalent r Ky. egg Jackson le Member le Bedford Sh. ppe Cl Creek tral tral ? r U Formation Member U. Upper en st-central Ky.) be Sha “Cockfield Fm.” Sha ea Camp Run Mbr. th-c M. Middle “Cook 40 ou Grassy Creek and Mountain Morgan L. Gassaway Mbr. (of Chattanooga Sh.) Mem Fm.” Ohio (in s (in Lower Member Trail Mbr. tral 370 Huron e “Sparta en Middle Fm.” ale Upper en (in c (in c ”) Upper Olentangy Shale . ivided) Sh and rne Fm. (Gp.) rne Eo a Dowelltown Mbr. und Selmier Member Sh ( is S bo (of Chattanooga Sh.) Rhinestreet ph ? oog Shale 50 Shale Albany New (upper) New Albany Shale Albany New Jackson and Claiborne Claiborne and Jackson Fms. Clai “Tallahata Mem Formation” an (“ wer ? ? ? Blocher Mbr. 380 Lo ? (of New Albany Sh.) leogene ? ? ? Wilcox Fm. Chatt Portwood Mbr. Blocher Member New Albany Albany New Pa (lower) (of New Albany Sh.) r 56 Sweetland Creek Mbr. Sweetland Portwood Mbr. Duffin bed ppe U Marcellus ian Sellersburg Ls. Boyle Porters Creek Clay 60 ? Beechwood Mbr. Dolomite Shale Mid. Midway on Silver Creek Mbr. ? Clayton Middle Grand ? Onondaga 390 Group Jeffersonville Limestone ? Paleocene wer Formation Tower Ls. Limestone Dev Lo ? Dutch Creek Ss. ? 66 ? d “Owl Creek Fm.” k Jeffersonville de ivi ee Limestone McNairy Fm. Fms. McNairy 70 und Clear Creek r Cr r and 400 ? Limestone ea on Limestone ? ? Cl ? “Coffee Sand” Fm. McNairy Clear Clear CreekChert Clayt Backbone “Post Creek Fm.” ? Backbone Limestone wer Limestone (The McNairy Formation as ? Lo ciozoseM 80 Grassy Knob mapped in western Kentucky Grassy may contain other units in Chert ? Oriskany addition to the McNairy Sand Knob Ls. Grassy Knob Ls. 410 of other states) Sandstone ? Upper Flat Gap (The Tuscaloosa Flat Gap Limestone Helderberg Cretaceous Formation in western Limestone Limestone Kentucky may be younger than at its 90 type locality) 419 420 ? Bailey Bailey Limestone Brownsport Fm. ? Salina Tuscaloosa Fm. Pridoli Limestone ? ? Decatur Ls. Lobelville Mbr. Dolomite Bob Member low (old (old Upper) Moccasin Moccasin Beech River Mbr. Lud Springs Springs Fm. Dixon Ls. Lockport Formation Lego Ls. Louisville Dolomite 100.5 Waldron Sh. Limestone lock ? 430 en St. Clair St. Clair Laurel Do. Bisher Do. Keefer Ss. W urian Unconformity (Triassic, Jurassic, and Lower to Middle Cretaceous strata are absent in Kentucky) (old Middle) Limestone Limestone Osgood Fm. il Crab Orchard Fm. Estill Shale Mbr. r Sh. r S (of Crab Orchard Fm.) Waco Ls. Mbr. Fm.rd lge 252 Lulbegrud Sh. Mbr. ha ? ? Lee Creek Member ? A Paleozoic Oldham Ls. Mbr. ? Orc very wer) Drowning ? Plum Creek Sh. Mbr. Sh.RoseHill ab do Lo ? Creek Fm. Cr (old (old Llan Brassfield Do. 440 Tuscarora Ss. Sexton Creek Ls. Sexton Creek Limestone Belfast Mbr. of Brassfield Do. 260 Brassfield Mbr. of Drowning Ck. Fm. 444 Upper Drakes Fm. Drakes Fm. Bull Fork Fm. Grant Lake Ls. Juniata Cumberland Bull Fork Fm. “Upper Formation Ordovician” Formation Maquoketa Shale Grant Lake Ls. Ashlock Fm. Maquoketa undivided Leipers Fm. Calloway Ck. Fm. Fairview Fm. Garrard Slt. in subsurface Martinsburg 450 Shale Kope Fm. Clays Ferry or Kope Fm. Clays Ferry Fm. Point Pleasant tongue Formation Mud Cave ? 270 Kimmswick Ls. Lexington Ls. Lexington Ls. Trenton Limestone (Millbrig) Western Kentucky Upper K-bentonite Fluorspar District Plattin Limestone Plattin Limestone High Tyrone Ls. and Oregon Fm. High High Bridge Group Elliott Bridge Gp. Camp Nelson Ls. Bridge Gp. (Black River Group) Pencil Cave igneous intrusions Pecatonica Limestone Pecatonica Ls. (Deicke) County Wells K-bentonite igneous Joachim and Dutchtown Fms. Joachim Dolomite Creek Wells Creek Dolomite Wells Creek Dolomite intrusion undivided Dutchtown Formation Do. 460 ? ? ? ? Permian St. Peter Ss. St. Peter Ss. St. Peter Ss. St. Peter Ss. ? 280 Middle vician Middle Everton Dolomite do Or Near Tennessee: Near Tennessee: 470 Black Rock Mbr. Mascot Do. Mascot Do. ? 290 Smithville Fm. “upper Knox” Longview Do. Kingsport Do. Powell Do. “upper ? Kingsport Do. Knox” ? Longview Do. Cotter Do. undivided Waverly Arch ? wer wer Shakopee Jefferson City Dolomite Lo Lo Dolomite ? ? ? Mauzy Fm. ? ? ? 480 Roubidoux Do. Beekmantown l- 299 Dolomite Beekmantown l- c Do. Oneota Dolomite pu c Dol. pu Gasconade Dolomite rgroup 300 rgroup Conemaugh and Beekmantown Gp. epe Dolomite Gunter Ss. Gunter Ss. epe t Che t ? ? Che ciozoelaP Mattoon Fm. s- Monongehala Fm. ? 485 Supe x Group x Bond Fm. undivided Supe Upper x x Rose Run Sandstone Rose Run Sandstone x x Eminence Dolomite Group x Lean Patoka Fm. ro Group Conemaugh Fm. Kno suorefinobraC etaL suorefinobraC n Kno Kno Copper Ridge Kno bo Mc Shelburn Fm. Potosi Dolomite Copper Ridge Copper Ridge 490 ia Carbondale Fm. Dolomite Dolomite Dolomite 310 Upper Elvins Formation Middle Tradewater Princess Fm.Princess Maynardsville Limestone nnsylvan Eau Claire Formation Eau Claire Formation Four Corners Fm. International position Group k Eau Claire Nolichucky Shale Pe Formation ? Hyden Formation ? Mount Simon Ss. ee Raccoon Mount Traditional U.S. position Corbin Ss. Pikeville Formation Formation 500 Grundy Formation Maryville a Group Cr Caseyville Fm. Livingston Cgl. Simon ug Breathitt Gp. Breathitt Limestone Bee Rock Ss. Alvy Creek Fm. 320 Sandstone “Basal Ss.” wer Sewanee Ss. and Bottom Creek Fm. Lo Warren Point Ss. No units subdivided in the Rogersville Sh. 323 Middle deeper part of the Rutledge Ls. In south-central Ky. Slade Mbrs in NE Ky. Paragon Fm. Degonia Fm. Grove Church Shale Rough Creek Graben above the Conasa Clore Ls. Buffalo Poppin Rock Mbr. Pennington Near Virginia Pumpkin Valley Sh. Kinkaid Limestone Reelfoot Arkose Palestine Fm. Wallow Fm. Leitchfield Fm. Pennington Fm. Maddox Br. Mbr. Fm. or Gp. Bramwell Mbr. ? Ramey Creek Mbr. Menard Ls. Carter Caves Ss. Pride Sh. Mbr. Bluestone Fm. 510 Bangor Ls. Tygarts Creek Mbr., Waltersburg Fm. Little Stone Gap Mbr. ? Upper Vienna Ls. Holly Fork Mbr., Hinton Fm. ? Girkin Fm. Hartselle Fm. Armstrong Hill Mbr., Stony Gap Mbr. Tar Springs Ss. Golconda Fm. & Cave Branch Bed Rome Fm. Shady Do. Glen Dean Ls. Kidder 330 Reelfoot Arkose Arch Paint Creek Ls. Mont- ti Ls. Mbr. Mill Knob Mbr. ? Hardinsburg Ss. Renault Ls. Renault Ls. Paoli Ls. Ste. Gene- eagle Ste. Warix Run Mbr. Haney Ls. Levias Ls. Mbr. Genevieve Fredonia Ls. Mbr. Rosiclare Ss. Mbr. Ste. Genevieve Ls. Golconda Fm. Big Clifty Ss. vieve Ls. Ls. Ls. Mbr. “Basal Ss.” Cambrian Beech Creek Ls. St. Louis Ls. St. Louis Ls. Newman Rome Trough Grenville Front Grenville Cypress Ss. St. Louis Ls. Burnside Member Limestone Rough Creek Graben Cincinna suorefinobraC ylraE suorefinobraC Reelsville Ls. (of Slade Fm.) or ? Paint Creek Ls. Sample Ss. Salem Ls. Salem- St. Louis Member Beaver Bend Ls. Salem Ls. 520 (of Newman Ls.) Bethel Ss. Warsaw Fms. (undivided) Fm.Slade Middle Aux Vases Ss. Harrodsburg Ls. Renfro Mbr. ? 340 Salem- Warsaw Fm. Fms. Warsaw Muldraugh Mbr. (of Slade tion Fort Payne Cane Valley Mbr. (Ft. Payne Fm.) (Borden Fm.) or Borden Fm.) Fm. (Chert) or wer Fort Payne Knifley Slt. and Jabez Ss. Mbrs. (Borden Fm.) ma ? ? Floyds Knob bed ? Maccrady Fm. Lo Formation “reef ls.” (Ft. Payne Fm.) (on Pine Mountain) Nada Member Mississippian ? New Nancy Providence Mbr.