Menard Limestone facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Menard LimestoneStratigraphic range: Mississippian |
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| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Buffalo Wallow Group |
| Sub-units | Allard Limestone Member, Scottsburg Limestone Member, and Walche Limestone Member |
| Underlies | Palestine Formation |
| Overlies | Waltersburg Formation |
| Area | Illinois Basin |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone and shale |
| Location | |
| Region | Adjacent parts of Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky |
| Country | United States |
| Extent | Southern Illinois, southwestern Indiana, and western Kentucky |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Menard, Randolph Co., Illinois |
| Named by | Weller (1913) |
The Menard Limestone is a geologic formation in the Illinois Basin of southern Illinois, southwestern Indiana, and western Kentucky.
The type section of both the Walche Limestone Member and the Scottsburg Limestone Member are exposures in Walche's Cut, a railway cutting on the Illinois Central Railroad.
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