Historical:Buckhorn Member
Lithostratigraphy: Ottawa Limestone Megagroup >>Galena Group >>Kimmswick Subgroup >>Dunleith Formation >>Buckhorn Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Ordovician System >>Champlainian Series >>Trentonian Stage
Allostratigraphy: Tippecanoe Sequence
Authors
H. B. Willman and T. C. Buschbach
Name Origin
The Buckhorn Member of the Dunleith Formation (Templeton and Willman, 1963, p. 119), the basal member, is named for Buckhorn Corners, Stephenson County, 2 miles east of the type section.
Type Section
The type section of the Buckhorn Member of the Dunleith Formation is located in a quarry at Buena Vista (NW SW NE 15, 28N-7E), where the member is 8.3 feet thick.
Other Names
The Buckhorn is called the "Blue" in the lead-zinc district.
Correlation
With the overlying St. James Member, it is equivalent to the Ion Member at the top of the Decorah in the region northwest of Illinois.
Extent and Thickness
The Buckhorn Member is commonly 5-8 feet thick but is generally absent in southwestern Illinois, where it is overlapped by the St. James Member.
Description
The Buckhorn consists of argillaceous, medium to coarse, blue-gray dolomite heavily speckled with black, particularly at the top. It contains green shale partings and in the northwestern area is slightly sandy. It locally contains several very thin layers of bentonite.
Fossils
Paucicrura [Dalmanella] rogata is especially common in the Buckhorn Member.
References
TEMPLETON, J. S., and H. B. WILLMAN, 1963, Champlainian Series (Middle Ordovician) in Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 89, 260 p.
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