Boone Formation
Geologic formation in northwest Arkansas and northeast Oklahoma, United States
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The Boone Formation a discrete and definable unit of cherty limestone rock strata located in northwest Arkansas, Missouri and northeast Oklahoma.[1][4]
TypeFormation
Sub-unitsSt. Joe Limestone Member
UnderliesBatesville Formation
OverliesChattanooga Formation
| Boone Limestone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Mississippian | |
Boone Formation along I-49 near the Arkansas-Missouri border | |
| Type | Formation |
| Sub-units | St. Joe Limestone Member |
| Underlies | Batesville Formation |
| Overlies | Chattanooga Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Chert |
| Location | |
| Region | Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Boone County, Arkansas |
| Named by | John Casper Branner and Frederick William Simonds, 1891[1][2][3] |
The stratigraphy of the Boone Formation dates to the Mississippian age.[4]
The Boone Formation is rich in fossils, and occasionally preserves the remains of sharks' teeth in outcrops along Buffalo National River.[5]: 64
Equivalent rocks of the Osagean in southwest Missouri include the Pierson Limestone, Fern Glen Formation, Reeds Spring Formation, Elsey Formation (including the Grand Falls Chert), Burlington Limestone and the Keokuk Limestone.[1]
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