St. Clair Limestone

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St. Clair Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Silurian
Type Formation
Underlies Lafferty Limestone in Arkansas and Moccasin Springs Formation in Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri
Overlies Brassfield Limestone in Arkansas and Sexton Creek Limestone in Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Location
Region Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri
Country United States
Type section
Named forSt. Clair spring, Independence County, Arkansas [1]
Named by Richard Alexander Fullerton Penrose Jr.

The St. Clair Limestone is a geologic formation in Arkansas, Indiana, Missouri, and Oklahoma. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period. This high density, high magnesium dolomitic limestone [2] was originally classified as a marble in Oklahoma due to the fact that it would hold a high polish, hence Marble City.

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Physical characteristics

ImperialMetric
Absorption by weightASTM C970.5%0.5%
DensityASTM C97168 lb/ft32 691.10 kg/m3
Compressive strengthASTM C17015 889Psi109.55MPa
Modulus of ruptureASTM C99972Psi6.70MPa

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Paleofauna

Brachiopods

Conodonts

Trilobites

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References

  1. Penrose Jr., R.A.F. (1891). "Manganese: its uses, ores, and deposits". Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Arkansas for 1890. 1: 101–102, 112–114, 124–128, 166–203, 214–215.
  2. Schrenk, Steven (September 2017). "The Grey American Limestone that Acts Like a Marble". The Slippery Rock Gazette: 36, 37.
  3. "Saint Clair Linear | Polycor | Natural Stone | North America | Limestone". Polycor. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Amsden, Thomas W. (1968). "Articulate Brachiopods of the St. Clair Limestone (Silurian), Arkansas, and the Clarita Formation (Silurian), Oklahoma". Memoir (The Paleontological Society). 1: i–117. JSTOR   1315506.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Craig, William (1968). The stratigraphy and conodont paleontology of Ordovician and Silurian strata, Batesville district, Independence and Izard counties, Arkansas (PhD). The University of Texas.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Holloway, David J. (January 1980). "Middle Silurian trilobites from Arkansas and Oklahoma, USA., Part I". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 170: 1–85.