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Lincolnshire Formation

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Lincolnshire Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Ordovician
TypeFormation
UnderliesEdinburg Formation
OverliesNew Market Limestone
Thickness75 to 255 feet[1]
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
Otherchert
Location
RegionTennessee, Virginia
Country United States
Type section
Named forLincolnshire Branch of the Clinch River in Tazewell, Virginia
Named byCooper & Prouty, 1943

The Lincolnshire Formation, often known as the Lincolnshire Limestone, is an Ordovician-age geological formation in the Appalachian region of the Eastern United States.[2][3]

The Lincolnshire is composed of dark-gray, medium-grained, cherty limestone.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Eugene K. Rader, 1967. Geology of Staunton, Churchville, Greenville, and Stuarts Draft quadrangles, Virginia. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Report of Investigations 12. Map Scale: 1:24,000.
  2. ^ Read, J. Fred; Eriksson, Kenneth A. (2012). "Paleozoic Sedimentary Successions of the Virginia Valley & Ridge and Plateau" (PDF). Virginia Tech Scholarly Works, Department of Geosciences.
  3. ^ Cooper, Byron N.; Cooper, G. Arthur (1946). "Lower Middle Ordovician Stratigraphy of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia". Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 57: 35–114.