Geologic units in DeKalb county, Illinois

Galena Group (Trenton Limestone) (Upper Ordovician (Stage 5 to Stage 6)) at surface, covers 33 % of this area

Galena Group (Trenton Limestone), includes Decorah, Dunleith, Wise Lake and Dubuque Formations in northern Illinois.

Maquoketa Formation or Group (Upper Ordovician (Stage 6 to Hirnatian)) at surface, covers 33 % of this area

Maquoketa Formation or Group, includes Cape Limestone, Cape La Croix Shale, Thebes Sandstone, Orchard Creek Shale, Girardeau Limestone, and Leemon Formation in southern Illinois; includes Scales Shale, Fort Atkinson Limestone, Brainard Shale, and Neda Formation in northern Illinois; includes Noix Oolite in western Illinois.

Cambrian System (Middle Cambrian? to Upper Cambrian) at surface, covers 11 % of this area

Cambrian System, includes Mt. Simon Sandstone, Eau Claire Formation, Ironton-Galesville Sandstone, Franconia Formation, Potosi Dolomite, and Eminence Dolomite.

Platteville Group (Upper Ordovician (Stage 5)) at surface, covers 11 % of this area

Platteville Group, includes Pecatonica, Mifflin, Grand Detour, Nachusa, and Quimbys Mill Formations; includes Plattin Limestone in southwestern Illinois.

Ancell Group (Middle Ordovician (Darriwillian) to Upper Ordovician (Stage 5)) at surface, covers 6 % of this area

Ancell Group, includes St. Peter Sandstone, Dutchtown Limestone, Joachim Dolomite, and Glenwood Formation; includes Prairie du Chien Group in Jo Daviess County of northwestern Illinois.

Prairie du Chien Group (Early Ordovician (Tremadocian to Darriwillian)) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

Prairie du Chien Group, includes Gunter Sandstone, Oneota Dolomite, New Richmond Sandstone, and Shakopee Dolomite in northern Illinois.

Silurian System undivided (Silurian (Llandovery to Pridoli)) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Silurian System undivided, includes Sexton Creek Limestone, St. Clair Limestone, and Moccasin Springs Formation in southern Illinois; includes Wilhelmi Formation, Elwood Dolomite, Kankakee Dolomite, Joliet Dolomite, Sugar Run Dolomite, and Racine Dolomite in northeastern Illinois; includes Mosalem, Tete des Morts, Blanding, Sweeney, Marcus, and Racine Dolomites in northwestern Illinois.