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Primary source[edit | edit source]

Willman, H. B., Elwood Atherton, T. C. Buschbach, Charles Collinson, John C. Frye, M. E. Hopkins, Jerry A. Lineback, and Jack A. Simon, 1975, Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 95, 261 p.

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T. C. Buschbach

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Original description[edit | edit source]

The Buelter Member of the Ironton Sandstone (Buschbach, 1964, p. 36).

Derivation[edit | edit source]

Named for Buelter School, Kane County.

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Type section[edit | edit source]

Type location[edit | edit source]

The type section of the Buelter Member is located 2 miles west of Buelter School, Kane County, and is at a depth of 1180-1230 feet in Batavia city well No. 3 (SE SW NE 22, 39N-8E) (sample set 6901).

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Stratigraphic relationships[edit | edit source]

The Buelter Member is the basal member of the Ironton Sandstone.

Extent and thickness[edit | edit source]

It is widely present in northern Illinois, where it is 20-80 feet thick.

Lithology[edit | edit source]

It is dominantly medium-grained, moderately well sorted, rarely dolomitic sandstone. The contact with the underlying fine-grained, well sorted sandstone of the Galesville is generally sharp.

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Reference(s)[edit | edit source]

place a <pre><br></pre>at the end of a line to get a line return BUSCHBACH, T. C., 1964, Cambrian and Ordovician strata of northeastern Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Report of Investigations 218, 90 p.

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