Arsenal Member

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Lithostratigraphy: Knox Dolomite Megagroup >>Prairie du Chien Group >>Oneota Dolomite >>Arsenal Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Ordovician System >>Canadian Series >>Trempealeauan Stage
Allostratigraphy: Sauk Sequence

Primary 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.

Contributing author(s)

H. B. Willman and T. C. Buschbach

Name

Original description

The Arsenal Member of the Oneota Dolomite (Buschbach, 1964, p. 45).

Derivation

Named for the Joliet Arsenal, Will County.

Other names

History/background

Type section

Type location

The type section for the Arsenal Member is located near Joliet Arsenal, where the type section is represented in a boring (NE NE SW 25, 34N-9E) by samples (sample set 6199) from 980-1085 feet deep.

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Stratigraphic relationships

The Arsenal Member of the Oneota Dolomite is the lower, very cherty member.

Extent and thickness

The Arsenal Member is recognized in the northeastern quarter of the state, where it varies from 90 to almost 200 feet thick.

Lithology

It is a cherty to very cherty dolomite that is light gray with some brown or pink tinting. The dolomite is medium grained but has some coarsely crystalline zones. The chert is white or light gray, partly banded, and only rarely oolitic. Sand grains are rare, but thin shale partings are common near the base.

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References

BUSCHBACH, T. C., 1964, Cambrian and Ordovician strata of northeastern Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Report of Investigations 218, 90 p.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code Geo Unit Designation
8470
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