Harrodsburg Limestone

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Harrodsburg Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
Type Formation
Unit of Sanders Group
Underlies Salem Limestone
Overlies Muldraugh Formation and Ramp Creek Formation
Location
Region Indiana, Kentucky
Country United States
Type section
Named forHarrodsburg, Indiana
Named byT. C. Hopkins and C. E. Siebenthal in 1897
Fossiliferous Harrodsburg Limestone from Indiana Fossiliferous limestone (Harrodsburg Limestone, Middle Mississippian; Rt. 446 roadcut, west of Norman Station, Indiana, USA) 2 (31549226496).jpg
Fossiliferous Harrodsburg Limestone from Indiana

The Harrodsburg Limestone is a geologic formation, a member of the Sanders Group of Indiana Limestone, of Mississippian age. It was named for Harrodsburg in southern Monroe County, Indiana by T. C. Hopkins and C. E. Siebenthal ("The Bedford Oolitic Limestone of Indiana" - 1897). It is made up primarily of calcarenite and calcirudite. It also may include some beds of dolomite and shale.

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Harrodsburg Limestone is found throughout the part of the Illinois Basin running through southern Indiana.

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