Leipers Limestone

{{Short description|Geologic formation in the southern United States}}

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| name = Leipers Limestone

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| type = Formation

| age = Ordovician

| period = Ordovician

| prilithology = Limestone

| otherlithology = dolomite, shale[http://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/sgmc-unit.php?unit=KYOcl%3B0 Cumberland Formation and Leipers and Catheys (?) Limestones, undivided; USGS, Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data]

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| region = Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia[http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/UnitRefs/LeipersRefs_2439.html Geologic Unit: Leipers, Geolex, USGS]

| country = United States

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| underlies = Chattanooga Shale and Cumberland Formation

| overlies = Catheys Formation

| thickness = 35-55 m

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The Leipers Limestone is a geologic formation in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician Period.