Goose Creek Fault Zone
Part of the Fluorspar Area Fault Complex
Location
Northeastern Hardin County (pl. 2)
References
Johnson 1957, Baxter et al. 1963, Baxter and Desborough 1965
Description
This structure has been called the Goose Creek Fault and the Goose Creek Fault System. The name Goose Creek Fault Zone is used here because the structure consists of several closely spaced subparallel faults. The Goose Creek Fault Zone forms part of the northwest margin of the Rock Creek Graben. It extends from Section 3, T12S, R8E, northeastward to Section 1, T11S, R9E, where it disappears beneath Ohio River alluvium. Palmer (1976) mapped a possible continuation into Kentucky. The Goose Creek Fault Zone consists of a series of high-angle normal step-faults having a total displacement of as much as 700 feet (210 m) down to the southeast.
