Columbus Limestone

Columbus Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Devonian
Etched section of hand sample of Columbus Limestone from Kelleys Island
TypeSedimentary
Unit ofOnondaga Group
Sub-unitsBellepoint, Marblehead, Tioga Ash Bed, Venice, Delhi, Klondike, East Liberty
UnderliesBass Islands Formation, Delaware Formation, and Ohio Shale
OverliesLucas Formation
Thickness0 to 105 feet[1]
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherSandstone
Location
RegionCincinnati Arch of North America
ExtentOhio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ontario
Type section
Named forColumbus, Ohio
Named byMathur, 1859
Side view of a stromatoporoid in the Columbus Limestone at Kelleys Island.

The Columbus Limestone is a mapped bedrock unit consisting primarily of fossiliferous limestone. It occurs in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia in the United States, and in Ontario, Canada.