Lincolnshire Formation Explained

Lincolnshire Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Late Ordovician
Period:	Late Ordovician
Prilithology:	Limestone
Otherlithology:	chert
Namedfor:	Lincolnshire Branch of the Clinch River in Tazewell, Virginia
Namedby:	Cooper & Prouty, 1943
Region:	Tennessee, Virginia
Underlies:	Edinburg Formation
Overlies:	New Market Limestone
Thickness:	75 to 255 feet

The Lincolnshire Formation, often known as the Lincolnshire Limestone, is an Ordovician-age geological formation in the Appalachian region of the Eastern United States.^{[1] [2]}

The Lincolnshire is composed of dark-gray, medium-grained, cherty limestone.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Read. J. Fred. Eriksson. Kenneth A.. 2012. Paleozoic Sedimentary Successions of the Virginia Valley & Ridge and Plateau. Virginia Tech Scholarly Works, Department of Geosciences.
2. Cooper. Byron N.. Cooper. G. Arthur. 1946. Lower Middle Ordovician Stratigraphy of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 57. 35–114.
3. Eugene K. Rader, 1967. Geology of Staunton, Churchville, Greenville, and Stuarts Draft quadrangles, Virginia. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Report of Investigations 12. Map Scale: 1:24,000.