Historical:Hazel Green Member
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.
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