State | Iowa |
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Name | Galena Group and Platteville Formation |
Geologic age | Upper Ordovician, Turinian-basal Richmondian (upper Sandbian-upper Katian) |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)part porous to vuggy, fossiliferous, part cherty (Galena Group entirely dolomite to south, interstratified limestone-dolostone in intervening areas); minor slightly argillaceous; incidental sandy to very sandy (Pecatonica Mbr)
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)fossiliferous, part cherty (Galena Group entirely limestone to north, interstratified limestone-dolostone in intervening areas); dolomitic limestone, fossiliferous, part cherty; minor slightly argillaceous; minor wavy-bedded to nodular, part fossiliferous (Decorah-Platteville)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)green-gray, calcareous, with thin to nodular limestone, part fossiliferous (Decorah Sh); incidental shale partings and thin beds, green-gray to brown-gray, part fossiliferous (Dubuque Fm); incidental shale partings and thin beds, light to dark brown, part organic-rich (Decorah-Platteville); incidental shale, green-gray, noncalcareous, unfossiliferous, part sandy (Glenwood Sh)
Incidental
Sedimentary > Chemical > Banded-iron-formation (Bed)ironstone ooids
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)thin sandstone to siltstone, (Glenwood Sh)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Claystone > Bentonite (Bed)thin K-bentonite beds (Galena Gp)
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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 - Clay - Clayton - Clinton - Dubuque - Fayette - Howard - Jackson - Kossuth - Winnebago - Winneshiek |