Historical:Medusa Member
Lithostratigraphy: Ottawa Limestone Megagroup >>Platteville Group >>Pecatonica Formation >>Medusa Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Ordovician System >>Champlainian Series >>Blackriveran Stage
Allostratigraphy: Tippecanoe Sequence
Authors
H. B. Willman and T. C. Buschbach
Name Origin
The Medusa Member of the Pecatonica Formation (Templeton and Willman, 1963, p. 77) is named for the Medusa Cement Company plant, 2 miles northeast of Dixon, Lee County, which is 1.5 miles south of the type section.
Type Section
The type section of the Medusa Member is in a quarry on the east side of the Rock River Valley (SW SW NW 22, 22N-9E), where the member is 5.2 feet thick.
Extent and Thickness
In the northern outcrop area the Medusa Member is commonly 5-7 feet thick, but it thickens to 20 feet in extreme southern Illinois.
Description
In the outcrop area the Medusa Member consists of dolomite or of limestone heavily mottled with dolomite. It is slightly argillaceous, very fucoidal, and thick bedded to massive. South of Ogle County it contains chert nodules.
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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