Roadcuts exposed along Rt 801 south of Morehead and east of Cave Run Lake, Kentucky
Mississippian Newman Formation Shallow water Carbonate shoals, Tidal Channels & Offshore Shales. Shoaling upward cycles
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Kentucky, Route 801 just south of the Morehead and east of Cave Run Lake

Facies:Intertidal carbonates and ooid shoals.
Ages: Upper Mississippian represened by the Newman Fomation.

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