Harrodsburg Limestone

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 for	Harrodsburg, Indiana
Named by	T. C. Hopkins and C. E. Siebenthal in 1897

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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.

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

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Indiana
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kentucky

External links

• Indiana Geological Survey explanation of Harrodsburg Limestone