Golconda Formation

{{short description|Geologic formation in Kentucky, USA}}

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| name = Golconda Formation

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| type = Formation

| age = Carboniferous

| period = Carboniferous

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| region = Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee

| country = United States

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| subunits = Beech Creek Limestone, Big Clifty Sandstone, Fraileys Shale, Haney Limestone

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The Golconda Formation is a geologic formation in Kentucky. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.{{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org|access-date= 17 December 2021|archive-date= 25 March 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220325060448/http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home|url-status= live}} In Indiana, the Golconda, it is called the Golconda Limestone and is part of the Stephensport Group.{{cite web|url=http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/NewRefsmry/sumry_1823.html|title=Geolex — Golconda publications|website=Ngmdb.usgs.gov|accessdate=30 June 2018}}