State | Iowa |
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Name | Prairie Du Chien Group and St. Peter Sandstone |
Geologic age | Prairie du Chien, Lower Ordovician, Ibexian (Tremadocian-lower Floian); St. Peter, Middle-Upper Ordovician, Whiterockian (upper Darriwilian-lower Sandbian). |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)part cherty, part sandy, mostly unfossiliferous, common voids and vugs (Prairie du Chien); minor interbedded very fine to fine sandstone and dolomite (Coon Valley, Shakopee); minor laminated to stromatolitic, part intraclastic; fossil molds (primarily mollusks); incidental oolitic dolomite and oolitic chert, (Shakopee)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)quartzose, very fine to medium grained (St. Peter, Shakopee); minor interbedded very fine to fine sandstone and dolomite (Coon Valley, Shakopee)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed)dolomite and chert clasts in sandy matrix (Readstown)
Incidental
Sedimentary > Chemical > Chert (Bed)oolitic dolomite and oolitic chert, (Shakopee)
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Bed)coarse sand grains (St. Peter, Shakopee)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)green, part sandy (Shakopee); green-brown to gray, part laminated, silty to sandy, part fossiliferous (locally in St. Peter of Winneshiek Co.)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sedimentary-breccia (Bed)dolomite-chert clasts
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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 - Clayton - Dickinson - Dubuque - Jackson - Winneshiek |