Jeffersonville Limestone
| Jeffersonville Limestone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Devonian | |
Large rugose coral (above hammer) in the Jeffersonville Limestone at the Falls of the Ohio | |
| Type | sedimentary |
| Unit of | Muscatatuck Group |
| Sub-units | Dutch Creek Sandstone Member, Geneva Dolomite Member, Vernon Fork Member |
| Underlies | North Vernon Formation and Sellersburg Limestone |
| Overlies | Clear Creek Chert and Louisville Limestone |
| Thickness | 20 feet (6.1 m) at Louisville, KY, 0 to 200 feet (0 to 61 m) in southwest Indiana |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | limestone |
| Location | |
| Region | Cincinnati Arch |
| Country | United States |
| Extent | Indiana, Kentucky |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Jeffersonville, Indiana |
| Named by | Edward M. Kindle, 1899 |
The Devonian Jeffersonville Limestone is a mapped bedrock unit in Indiana and Kentucky. It is highly fossiliferous. The Vernon Fork Member contains Volcanic ash associated with the Tioga Bentonites.