File:Phosphatic nodule in the New Providence Shale (Borden Formation, Lower Mississippian; MacDonald Knob Outcrop, Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA) 2 (45914586791).jpg

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Nodule in shale in the Mississippian of Kentucky, USA.

This is the New Providence Shale, which is a member of the Borden Formation, a deltaic succession of Early Mississippian age. Here, the New Providence is mostly gray clayshales. Phosphatic nodules are concentrated at the base in a glauconitic shale.

Stratigraphy: New Providence Shale Member, Borden Formation, Lower Mississippian

Locality: MacDonald Knob Outcrop - roadcut along side road, west of the interstate, between Shepherdsville & the southern outskirts of Louisville, Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA (38° 00’ 44.51” North latitude, 85° 41’ 59.51” West longitude)
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Author James St. John

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