Jeffersonville Limestone

The Devonian Jeffersonville Limestone is a mapped bedrock unit in Indiana and Kentucky. It is highly fossiliferous. The Vernon Fork Member contains Volcanic ash associated with the Tioga Bentonites.

Jeffersonville Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Devonian
Large rugose coral (above hammer) in the Jeffersonville Limestone at the Falls of the Ohio
Typesedimentary
Unit ofMuscatatuck Group
Sub-unitsDutch Creek Sandstone Member, Geneva Dolomite Member, Vernon Fork Member
UnderliesNorth Vernon Formation and Sellersburg Limestone
OverliesClear Creek Chert and Louisville Limestone
Thickness20 feet (6.1 m) at Louisville, KY, 0 to 200 feet (0 to 61 m) in southwest Indiana
Lithology
Primarylimestone
Location
RegionCincinnati Arch
CountryUnited States
ExtentIndiana, Kentucky
Type section
Named forJeffersonville, Indiana
Named byEdward M. Kindle, 1899
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