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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.

T. C. Buschbach

The Momence Sandstone Member of the Eminence Formation (Buschbach, 1964, p. 41).

Named for Momence, Kankakee County, just east of the type section.

===History/background=== ==Type section== ===Type location=== The type section of the Momence Sandstone Member is located just west of Momence, Kankakee County, and is at a depth of 1650-1660 feet in the Hughes Oil Company No. 1 Parish boring (NW NW SW 24, 31N-13E) (sample set 997). ===Type author(s)=== ===Type status=== ==Reference section== ===Reference location=== ===Reference author(s)=== ===Reference status=== ==Stratigraphic relationships== ==Extent and thickness== The Momence Member varies from 0-15 feet thick but is somewhat discontinuous. ==Lithology== The Momence Sandstone Member is the only member differentiated in the Eminence Formation and occurs at the base. It consists of light gray, dolomitic, poorly sorted sandstone, and in places contains interbedded green and gray sandy shale. ==Core(s)== ==Photograph(s)== ==Contacts== ==Well log characteristics== ==Fossils== ==Age and correlation== ==Environments of deposition== ==Economic importance== ==Remarks== ==References== BUSCHBACH, T. C., 1964, Cambrian and Ordovician strata of northeastern Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Report of Investigations 218, 90 p. {{Codes |membercode=8600 |geo_unit=-- }}

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