Noix Limestone Explained

Noix Limestone
Type:Formation
Age:Ordovician
Prilithology:Oolitic limestone
Namedfor:Outcrops along Noix Creek just south of Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri[1]
Region:Pike County, NE Missouri
Country:United States
Unitof:Edgewood Group
Underlies:Silurian Bryant Knob Formation or Bowling Green Dolomite
Overlies:Maquoketa Shale

The Noix Limestone is a geologic formation in Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.

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  1. http://www.dnr.mo.gov/geology/geosrv/ogc/docs/RI-073.pdf Thompson, Thomas L., 2001, Lexicon of Stratigraphic Nomenclature in Missouri, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey, Report of Investigation Number 73, p 205-6