Historical:Hazel Green Member

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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
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Lithostratigraphy: Ottawa Limestone Megagroup >>Platteville Group >>Plattin Subgroup >>Quimbys Mill Formation >>Hazel Green Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Ordovician System >>Champlainian Series >>Blackriveran Stage
Allostratigraphy: Tippecanoe Sequence

Authors

H. B. Willman and T. C. Buschbach

Name Origin

The Hazel Green Member of the Quimbys Mill Formation (Ternpleton and Willman, 1963, p. 91), the basal member, is named for Hazel Green, Grant County, Wisconsin, 6 miles southwest of the type section.

Type Section

The type section of the Hazel Green Member is part of the Quimbys Mill type section (a small quarry near Etna, Lafayette County, Wisconsin (SE SE 11, 1N-1E)) where it is 1.7 feet thick.

Extent and Thickness

The Hazel Green Member is as much as 2.5 feet thick in the northern outcrop area in Illinois and 10 feet in the southern outcrop area at Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Description

The Hazel Green Member consists of lithographic limestone or fine-grained dolomite, mainly pure and thick bedded. It has a smooth, light buff to white, weathered surface. A bentonite at the base near Cape Girardeau extends as far north as Lincoln County, Missouri.

References

TEMPLETON, J. S., and H. B. WILLMAN, 1963, Champlainian Series (Middle Ordovician) in Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 89, 260 p.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code Geo Unit Designation
7900
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