Ste. Genevieve Limestone

Ste. Genevieve Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian Sub-period
Ste. Genevieve Limestone, lining Sidesaddle Pit (Black Snake Avenue, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky)
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Blue River Group
Sub-units	Fredonia Member
Underlies	Aux Vases Sandstone and Paoli Limestone
Overlies	St. Louis Limestone [1]
Thickness	up to 85 feet (26 m) [2]
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Sandstone, chert [2]
Location
Region	Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Ste. Genevieve, Missouri [1]
Named by	Shumard
Year defined	1859

The Ste. Genevieve Limestone is a geologic formation named for Ste. Genevieve, Missouri where it is exposed and was first described. It is a thick-bedded limestone that overlies the St. Louis Limestone. Both are Mississippian in age. The St. Louis Limestone is Meramecian and the Ste. Genevieve is the base of the Chesterian series. ^[1]

It is a primary producer in the Illinois Basin and has produced commercial oil and gas in Warren County, Kentucky.^{[ citation needed ]}

See also

• List of types of limestone

References

1. Thompson, Thomas L., 2001, Lexicon of Stratigraphic Nomenclature in Missouri, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey, Report of Investigation Number 73, p. 249
2. Howe, W. B. and J. W. Koenig, The Stratigraphic Section in Missouri, Missouri Geological Survey, 1961, p. 70