Lincolnshire Formation
American geological formation
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The Lincolnshire Formation, often known as the Lincolnshire Limestone, is an Ordovician-age geological formation in the Appalachian region of the Eastern United States.[2][3]
| Lincolnshire Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Ordovician | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Edinburg Formation |
| Overlies | New Market Limestone |
| Thickness | 75 to 255 feet[1] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | chert |
| Location | |
| Region | Tennessee, Virginia |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Lincolnshire Branch of the Clinch River in Tazewell, Virginia |
| Named by | Cooper & Prouty, 1943 |
The Lincolnshire is composed of dark-gray, medium-grained, cherty limestone.[1]
