Jordan Sandstone, St Lawrence and Lone Rock formations

Surface exposures limited to Allamakee and northeast Clayton counties; subcrops beneath Mississippi River alluvium in southern Allamakee and Clayton counties. Primary lithologies: sandstone, very fine to coarse grained, quartzose to feldspathic (Jordan); silty dolomite to dolomitic siltstone (St. Lawrence); sandstone, very fine to fine grained, glauconitic to very glauconitic, common greensands (Lone Rock). Secondary lithologies: siltstone, part argillaceous (St. Lawrence, Lone Rock). Minor: silty shale partings (St. Lawrence, Lone Rock); dolomite, part sandy; intraclastic dolomite, sandstone, and siltstone. Maximum thicknesses of total interval: 260-310 ft (79-95 m). Formation thicknesses: Lone Rock Fm, 110-140 ft (34-43 m); St. Lawrence Fm, 60-80 ft (18-24 m); Jordan Sandstone, 80-110 ft (244-34 m).
State Iowa
Name Jordan Sandstone, St Lawrence and Lone Rock formations
Geologic age Upper Cambrian, upper Steptoean-Sunwaptan-lower Skullrockian [formerly middle Franconian-Trempealeauan)
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed, Glauconitic)very fine to coarse grained, quartzose to feldspathic (Jordan); very fine to fine grained, glauconitic to very glauconitic, common greensands (Lone Rock)
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)silty dolomite to dolomitic siltstone (St. Lawrence)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed)part argillaceous, dolomitic siltstone (St. Lawrence, Lone Rock)
Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)silty shale partings (St. Lawrence, Lone Rock)
References

Witzke, Brian J., Anderson, Raymond R., and Pope, John P., 2010, Iowa Geological and Water Survey, DNR, Bedrock Geologic Map of Iowa, OFM-2010-1. Scale 1:500,000.

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Counties Allamakee - Clayton - Winneshiek