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Detroit River Group

Detroit River Group - Dolomite; brown to gray; medium to thick bedded; laminated; nodules or interbeds of anhydrite and/or gypsum; basal part becomes sandy dolomite or fine-grained sandstone; as much as 170 feet thick.
StateOhio
NameDetroit River Group
Geologic ageDevonian
Original map labelDdr
Primary rock typedolostone (dolomite)
Secondary rock typeevaporite
Other rock typessandstone
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)brown to gray; medium to thick bedded; laminated; nodules or interbeds of anhydrite and/or gypsum; basal part becomes sandy dolomite or fine-grained sandstone; as much as 170 feet thick.
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)basal part becomes sandy dolomite or fine-grained sandstone.
Incidental
Sedimentary > Chemical > Evaporite > Gypsum (Bed)nodules or interbeds of anhydrite and/or gypsum
Sedimentary > Chemical > Evaporite > Anhydrite (Bed)nodules or interbeds of anhydrite and/or gypsum
Map references
Digital Ohio map from CD produced as a result of a contract between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Ohio Geological Survey. Released with permission of the Ohio Geological Survey, June 2005.
Unit references
Digital Ohio map from CD produced as a result of a contract between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Ohio Geological Survey. Released with permission of the Ohio Geological Survey, June 2005.
File of unit descriptions received from Ohio Geological Survey.
Geographic coverageDefiance - Henry - Lucas - Paulding - Putnam - Wood

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