Buelter Member

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Lithostratigraphy: Knox Dolomite Megagroup >>Ironton Sandstone >>Buelter Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Cambrian System >>Croixan Series >>Franconian 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)

T. C. Buschbach

Name

Original description

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

Derivation

Named for Buelter School, Kane County.

Other names

History/background

Type section

Type location

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

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

Extent and thickness

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

Lithology

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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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
8730
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