Historical:Medusa 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 >>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.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code Geo Unit Designation
8110
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