Breathitt Formation

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RegionKentucky (extending into northern Tennessee and southwestern West Virginia)
Named forBreathitt County, Kentucky
Breathitt Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early to Middle Pennsylvanian
TypeSedimentary
Location
RegionKentucky (extending into northern Tennessee and southwestern West Virginia)
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forBreathitt County, Kentucky
Named byMarius R. Campbell (1898)[1]

The Breathitt Formation is a geologic formation in Kentucky which preserves fossils dating back to the Pennsylvanian period.[2]

Ironstone from the Breathitt Formation along Interstate 64 in Kentucky

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