# Boone Formation

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{{Short description|Geologic formation in northwest Arkansas and northeast Oklahoma, United States}}
{{Infobox rockunit
| name           = Boone Limestone
| image          = BooneFormation.jpg
| caption        = Boone Formation along [I-49](/source/I-49) near the Arkansas-Missouri border
| type           = [Formation](/source/Formation_(stratigraphy))
| age            =  [Mississippian](/source/Mississippian_(geology))
| period         = Mississippian
| prilithology   = [Limestone](/source/Limestone)
| otherlithology = [Chert](/source/Chert)
| namedfor       = [Boone County, Arkansas](/source/Boone_County%2C_Arkansas)
| namedby        = [John Casper Branner](/source/John_Casper_Branner) and Frederick William Simonds, 1891<ref name=Thompson>[http://www.dnr.mo.gov/geology/geosrv/ogc/docs/RI-073.pdf Thompson, Thomas L., 2001, ''Lexicon of Stratigraphic Nomenclature in Missouri,'' Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey, Report of Investigation Number 73, p 38]</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Branner|first1=J.C.|title=Introduction|journal=Arkansas Geological Survey Annual Report 1888|date=1891|volume=4|page=xiii}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Simonds|first1=F.W.|title=The geology of Washington County|journal=Arkansas Geological Survey Annual Report 1888|date=1891|volume=4|pages=27–37}}</ref>
| region         = [Arkansas](/source/Arkansas), [Missouri](/source/Missouri), [Oklahoma](/source/Oklahoma)
| country        = [United States](/source/United_States)
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| subunits       = [St. Joe Limestone Member](/source/St._Joe_Formation)
| underlies      = [Batesville Formation](/source/Batesville_Formation)
| overlies       = [Chattanooga Formation](/source/Chattanooga_Formation)
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The '''Boone Formation''' a discrete and definable unit of [chert](/source/chert)y [limestone](/source/limestone) rock strata located in northwest [Arkansas](/source/Arkansas), [Missouri](/source/Missouri) and northeast [Oklahoma](/source/Oklahoma).<ref name=Thompson/><ref name="Buckland">{{cite web | last = Buckland | first =  Karen Nicole Mason | title = A Geomechanical Study of the Mississippian Boone Formation | publisher = University of Arkansas | date = August 2013 | url = http://gradworks.umi.com/15/41/1541405.html}}</ref>

The [stratigraphy](/source/stratigraphy) of the Boone Formation dates to the [Mississippian age](/source/Mississippian_age).<ref name="Buckland"/>

The Boone Formation is rich in [fossils](/source/fossils), and occasionally preserves the remains of [sharks' teeth](/source/Shark_tooth) in outcrops along [Buffalo National River](/source/Buffalo_National_River).<ref>{{cite web | last1 = Hunt | first1 = ReBecca K. | last2 = Santucci | first2 = Vincent L. | last3 = Kenworthy | first3 = Jason | title = A Preliminary Inventory of Fossil Fish from National Park Service Units | publisher = New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin | year = 2006 | url = http://www.nature.nps.gov/Geology/paleontology/Publications/surveys/thematic/HUNT_SANTUCCI_KENWORTHY_2006_NPS_FOSSIL_FISH.pdf| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150905100512/http://nature.nps.gov/geology/paleontology/Publications/surveys/thematic/HUNT_SANTUCCI_KENWORTHY_2006_NPS_FOSSIL_FISH.pdf| url-status = dead| archive-date = September 5, 2015}}</ref>{{rp|64}}

Equivalent rocks of the [Osagean](/source/Osagean) in southwest [Missouri](/source/Missouri) include the [Pierson Limestone](/source/Pierson_Limestone), [Fern Glen Formation](/source/Fern_Glen_Formation), [Reeds Spring Formation](/source/Reeds_Spring_Formation), [Elsey Formation](/source/Elsey_Formation) (including the [Grand Falls Chert](/source/Grand_Falls_Chert)), [Burlington Limestone](/source/Burlington_Limestone) and the [Keokuk Limestone](/source/Keokuk_Limestone).<ref name=Thompson/>

==See also==
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==References==
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Category:Mississippian Arkansas
Category:Mississippian Missouri
Category:Mississippian Oklahoma
Category:Carboniferous southern paleotemperate deposits
Category:Carboniferous southern paleotropical deposits
Category:Mississippian Series
Category:Carboniferous System of North America
Category:Limestone formations of the United States
Category:Chert formations
Category:Geologic formations of Arkansas
Category:Geologic formations of Missouri
Category:Geologic formations of Oklahoma

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