High-Carbonate and Low-Silica Stone in the High Bridge Group (Middle Ordovician), Fayette County, Central Kentucky

Authors

Garland R. Dever Jr., University of Kentucky

Abstract

The High Bridge Group (Middle Ordovician) of central Kentucky, a major source of limestone and dolomite for construction and agricultural stone, is also a potential source of stone for industrial uses requiring carbonate rocks of high chemical purity. Chemical analyses of foot-by-foot samples from a Fayette County core show that several thick zones of high-carbonate and low-silica stone are present in the High Bridge at a minable depth.

Publication Date

1980

Series

Series XI

Report Number

Information Circular 4

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.13023/kgs.ic04.11

Repository Citation

Dever, Garland R. Jr., "High-Carbonate and Low-Silica Stone in the High Bridge Group (Middle Ordovician), Fayette County, Central Kentucky" (1980). Information Circular--KGS. 32.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/kgs_ic/32