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Lee Creek, Washington County, Arkansas, USA
| Lat/Long (Decimal) | 35.7897,-94.2445 |
|---|---|
| Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
| Given Location | Arkansas, United States |
| Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Washington County, Arkansas, USA |
Collections
| Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Creek, USGS 14388 | Gordon, Jr. M. (1964) | Bloyd Shale - Brentwood | The Bloyd Shale includes the Brentwood limestone member at the base, named as a subdivision of the Morrow formation by Adams (1904, p. 28) and Ulrich (1904, p. 109). This is overlain by the Woolsey member, a succession of terrestrial sedimentary rocks, mostly shale and including the Baldwin coal bed. The upper 1/2 to 2/3 of the formation consits largely of black shale consisting an unnamed marine shalemember with a calcareous conglomeratic sandstone at the base at a number of localities and incl | "limestone" | 318.1 - 314.6 Ma Carboniferous |
Recorded Fossils
References
| Gordon, Jr. M. (1964) Carboniferous Cephalopods of Arkansas, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 460, 1-322 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
