Prairie Du Chien Group and St. Peter Sandstone

Prairie du Chien Group includes Oneota Fm (Coon Valley, Hager City members) and Shakopee Fm (New Richmond Sandstone, Willow River members); St. Peter Sandstone includes Readstown and Tonti members. Sub-St. Peter erosional surface bevels and locally truncates Prairie du Chien strata. Primary lithologies: dolomite, part cherty, part sandy, mostly unfossiliferous, common voids and vugs (Prairie du Chien); sandstone, quartzose, very fine to medium grained (St. Peter, Shakopee). Secondary lithologies: dolomite, laminated to stromatolitic, part intraclastic; dolomite, fossil molds (primarily mollusks); interbedded very fine to fine sandstone and dolomite (Coon Valley, Shakopee); conglomerate, dolomite and chert clasts in sandy matrix (Readstown). Minor: oolitic dolomite and oolitic chert (Shakopee); shale, green, part sandy (Shakopee); shale, green-brown to gray, part laminated, silty to sandy, part fossiliferous (locally in St. Peter of Winneshiek Co.); coarse sand grains (St. Peter, Shakopee); breccia, dolomite-chert clasts; chalcedony/quartz nodules. Maximum thicknesses total interval: generally 300-400 ft (90-120 m), may reach thicknesses to 700 ft (210 m) (locally thick St. Peter in Winneshiek Co.). Unit thicknesses: Prairie du Chien Group, 225-335 ft (69-102 m), locally thinner where overlain by thick St. Peter; Oneota Fm, 130-225 ft (40-69 m), locally thinned beneath thick St. Peter; Shakopee Fm, 55-100 ft (17-30 m), locally thinned to absent beneath thick St. Peter; St. Peter Sandstone, generally 40-75 ft (12-23 m), varies 25-225 ft (8-69 m), may locally reach thicknesses to 700 ft (210 m) in Winneshiek Co.
State Iowa
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
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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