Leipers Limestone

Leipers Limestone
Leipers Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician
Type	Formation
Underlies	Chattanooga Shale and Cumberland Formation
Overlies	Catheys Formation
Thickness	35-55 m
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	dolomite, shale
Location
Region	Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia
Country	United States

Last updated August 17, 2025

The Leipers Limestone is a geologic formation in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia.^[2] It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician Period.^[1]

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1 2 3 Cumberland Formation and Leipers and Catheys (?) Limestones, undivided; USGS, Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data
1 2 Geologic Unit: Leipers, Geolex, USGS

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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[USGS-1] 1 2 3 Cumberland Formation and Leipers and Catheys (?) Limestones, undivided; USGS, Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data

[Geolex-2] 1 2 Geologic Unit: Leipers, Geolex, USGS

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Leipers Limestone

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