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Compton Limestone

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Type
  
Formation

Other
  
Primary
  
Thickness
  
5 to 50 ft

Country
  
Underlies
  
Region
  
Missouri (southwest): Springfield Plateau section of the Ozarks

The Compton Limestone is a geologic formation in southwest Missouri. It preserves brachiopod and echinoderm fossils of the Mississippian subperiod. The Compton rests unconformably on the Cotter Dolomite of Ordovician age. The Compton was named for the community of Compton, Missouri as the type sections were described for outcrops along the James River and its tributary the Compton Branch.

References

Compton Limestone Wikipedia


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