Golconda Formation | |
Type: | Formation |
Age: | Carboniferous |
Period: | Carboniferous |
Region: | Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee |
Country: | United States |
Subunits: | Beech Creek Limestone, Big Clifty Sandstone, Fraileys Shale, Haney Limestone |
The Golconda Formation is a geologic formation in Kentucky. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.[1] In Indiana, the Golconda, it is called the Golconda Limestone and is part of the Stephensport Group.[2]