Historical:Blodgett Member

	Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy
Series	Bulletin 95
Author	H. B. Willman, Elwood Atherton, T. C. Buschbach, Charles Collinson, John C. Frye, M. E. Hopkins, Jerry A. Lineback, Jack A. Simon
Date	1975
Link	Web page
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	Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy
Series	Bulletin 95
Author	H. B. Willman, Elwood Atherton, T. C. Buschbach, Charles Collinson, John C. Frye, M. E. Hopkins, Jerry A. Lineback, Jack A. Simon
Date	1975
Link	Web page
PDF	PDF file
Store	ISGS Store

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

Authors

H. B. Willman and T. C. Buschbach

Name Origin

The Blodgett Member of the Oneota Dolomite is named for the town of Blodgett, western Will County.

Type Section

The type section of the Blodgett Member is located 3 miles northeast of Blodgett, western Will County, in a boring (NE NE SW 25, 34N-9E) and is represented by samples (sample set 6199) from 885-980 feet deep.

Extent and Thickness

The Blodgett is recognized in the northeastern quarter of the state, where it ranges from 90 to over 100 feet thick.

Description

The Blodgett Member of the Oneota Dolomite (Buschbach, 1964, p. 45) is the upper, noncherty, or only slightly cherty, member. It is dolomite, sandy in part, very slightly glauconitic, light or pinkish gray, and medium to fine grained. Oolitic chert is present but not abundant. Thin green shale partings are widely spaced throughout the member.

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
8460	--