Lovell Member
Lithostratigraphy: Potsdam Sandstone Megagroup >>Mt. Simon Sandstone >>Lovell Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Cambrian System >>Croixan Series >>Dresbachian Stage
Allostratigraphy: Sauk Sequence
Primary source
Willman, H. B., Elwood Atherton, T. C. Buschbach, Charles Collinson, John C. Frye, M. E. Hopkins, Jerry A. Lineback, and Jack A. Simon, 1975, Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 95, 261 p.
Contributing author(s)
T. C. Buschbach
Name
Original description
The Lovell Member of the Mt. Simon Sandstone (Templeton, 1950, p. 155).
Derivation
Named for Lovell School, De Kalb County.
Other names
History/background
Type section
Type location
The type section of the Lovell Member is located three-fourths of a mile north of the school for which it is named in De Kalb County. It is the interval from 2850-2975 feet deep (sample set 1301) in the same boring as the Crane Member.
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Stratigraphic relationships
The Lovell Member overlies the Kenyon Member of the Mt. Simon Sandstone.
Extent and thickness
The Lovell Member is 65-190 feet thick.
Lithology
It is largely fine- to medium-grained sandstone, although it ranges from very fine to very coarse. It is finer grained than the adjacent members.
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Remarks
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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