Historical:Kenyon Member
Lithostratigraphy: Potsdam Sandstone Megagroup >>Mt. Simon Sandstone >>Kenyon Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Cambrian System >>Croixan Series >>Dresbachian Stage
Allostratigraphy: Sauk Sequence
Author
T. C. Buschbach
Name Origin
The Kenyon Member of the Mt. Simon Sandstone (Templeton, 1950, p. 154), which overlies the Crane Member, is named for Kenyon School, De Kalb County.
Type Section
The type section of the Kenyon Member of the Mt. Simon Sandstone is located 3.25 miles northwest of the school for which it is named in De Kalb County. It is the interval from 2975-3105 feet deep (sample set 1301) in the same boring as the Crane Member.
Extent and Thickness
The Kenyon Member is 34-130 feet thick.
Description
Where less than 80 feet thick it consists of coarse-grained sandstone containing small quartz pebbles, but elsewhere it is conglomeratic sandstone interbedded with nonconglomeratic layers.
References
TEMPLETON, J. S., 1950, Mt. Simon Sandstone in northern Illinois: Illinois Academy of Science Transactions, v. 43, p. 151-159.
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