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Primary source[edit]

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.

Contributing author(s)[edit]

T. C. Buschbach

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Original description[edit]

The Charter Member of the Mt. Simon Sandstone (Templeton, 1950, p. 156).

Derivation[edit]

Named for Charter Oak School, De Kalb County.

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History/background[edit]

Type section[edit]

Type location[edit]

The type section of the Charter Member of the Mt. Simon Sandstone is located 3.5 miles south of Charter Oak School, DeKalb County. It is the interval from 1381-1648 feet deep (sample set 1466) in the same boring as the Lacey Member.

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Stratigraphic relationships[edit]

The Charter Member is the uppermost member of the Mt. Simon Sandstone.

Extent and thickness[edit]

The Charter Member is 145-320 feet thick.

Lithology[edit]

It is medium- to fine-grained, partly conglomeratic sandstone with some red micaceous shale at or near the base.

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Remarks[edit]

Reference(s)[edit]

place a <pre><br></pre>at the end of a line to get a line return TEMPLETON, J. S., 1950, Mt. Simon Sandstone in northern Illinois: Illinois Academy of Science Transactions, v. 43, p. 151-159.

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