GMHR Fact Sheet Zones Western KY

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Producing zones in western Kentucky

PENNSYLVANIAN Sturgis (Lisman) Formation 
              Carbondale Formation 
              Tradewater Formation 
              Caseyville Formation 

MISSISSIPPIAN Clore Formation 
              Palestine Sandstone 
              Menard Formation (Chapman) 
              Waltersburg Sandstone (Fuqua sand) 
              Vienna Limestone 
              Tar Springs Sandstone (Jett sand) 
              Glen Dean Limestone 
              Hardinsburg Sandstone 
              Haney Limestone 
              Big Clifty Sandstone (Jackson sand) 
              Cypress Sandstone (Barlow sand) 
              Reelsville Limestone (Upper Paint Creek Limestone) 
              Sample Sandstone (Paint Creek sand) 
              Beaver Bend Limestone (Lower Paint Creek Limestone) 
              Bethel Sandstone (Benoist) 
              Renault Limestone 
              Aux Vases Formation 
              Ste. Genevieve Limestone (O'Hara, Rosiclare, McClosky) 
              St. Louis Limestone 
              Salem Limestone 
              Warsaw Limestone 
              Fort Payne Formation 

DEVONIAN      New Albany Shale 
              Jeffersonville Limestone (Grand Tower) 
              Dutch Creek Sandstone 
              Clear Creek Limestone 

SILURIAN      Brownsport Formation 
              Laurel Dolomite 

ORDOVICIAN    Kimmswick Limestone (Lexington, Trenton)