Stratigraphy of Coal-bearing strata of the Licking River District
Compiled by Donald Chesnut, 1997
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Princess |
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member R |
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Princess No. 7 coal |
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member Q |
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Princess No. 6 or Winslow coal |
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coal? |
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flint clay bed |
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Obryan Member |
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Laurel coal |
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Limekiln limestone |
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Skyline, Princess No. 5, or Richardson coal zone |
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member P |
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Tiptop coal zone |
Broas coal zone |
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"Main Block ore" |
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Stoney Fork Member |
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Four |
Hindman coal |
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Bulan shale member |
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Sebastian, Fugate or Hatcher coal |
Peach Orchard |
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member O |
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Mudseam, Nickell, Oakley, |
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Arnett Member |
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Hazard or |
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Index or Adele coal |
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member N |
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Colvin coal |
Haddix or |
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Trace Fork coal |
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Magoffin Member |
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Hyden |
Copland or Taylor coal zone |
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shale member M |
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Moore Branch coal |
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member L |
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Fire Clay rider coal |
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member K |
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Fire Clay coal |
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member J |
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Whitesburg coal zone |
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Kendrick Shale Member |
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Pikeville |
Cannel City, Gun Creek, or Williamson coal |
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Elkins Fork shale |
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Little Caney, Tom Cooper, Van Lear,
Nucomb Creek |
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member H |
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Grassy, Lacey Creek, or Upper Elkhorn No. 2 coal |
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Crummies Member |
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Lower Elkhorn |
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Bruin, Vires, or Howard coal |
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Wheelersburg coal |
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Betsie Shale Member |
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Grundy |
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Zachariah rider coal |
Zachariah |
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Zachariah coal |
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Van Cleve coal |
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Corbin Sandstone Member |
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Gray Hawk or Mine Fork coal |
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Beattyville or Warm Fork coal |
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coal? |
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Olive Hill clay bed |
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