Kogruk Formation

Unit symbol: Clgk
Age range Upper Mississippian (330.9 to 323.2 Ma)
Lithology: Sedimentary
Group name: Tupik and Kogruk Formations (Lisburne Group)
Light-gray-weathering limestone and lesser light-brown weathering dolostone that contain less than 25 percent black chert nodules and lenses (Curtis and others, 1984; Ellersieck and others, 1984; Mayfield and others, 1990). Depositional thickness ranges from about 30 m in the southeastern part of Misheguk Mountain quadrangle to more than 300 m in southwestern part of Misheguk Mountain quadrangle. Base is gradational into the Utukok Formation (unit Mlgnu) (Curtis and others, 1984; Ellersieck and others, 1984). Common and abundant fossils are Late Mississippian corals, crinoids, brachiopods, foraminifers, and conodont (Sable and Dutro, 1961; Patton and Dutro, 1969, Armstrong and Mamet, 1977, Lane and Ressmeyer, 1985) reflecting shallow-water deposition. Includes deformed and metamorphosed limestone and marble on the Seward Peninsula (Till and others, 2011) and Saint Lawrence Island (Patton and others, 2011) that are thought to correlate with this unit. On the eastern part of Saint Lawrence Island, unit is composed of an upper and lower member. Upper member consists chiefly of light- to medium-gray, coarsely bioclastic limestone that contains interbedded limey mudstone in its upper part. Lower member is composed of dark-gray thin-bedded limestone that contains abundant dark chert nodules. Total thickness of the unit is estimated to be between 400 and 500 m. Unit is metamorphosed to a coarse-grained marble near the contacts with granitic plutons (Patton and others, 2011) on Saint Lawrence Island

Source map information

Source map Patton, W.W., Jr., Wilson, F.H., and Taylor, T.A., 2011, Geologic map of Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map SIM-3146, pamphlet, 13 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000, and database.
Symbol Ml
Unit name Limestone, Ongoveyuk terrane
Description Unit composed of an upper and lower member. The upper member consists chiefly of light- to medium-gray coarsely bioclastic limestone that contains interbedded limey mudstone in the upper part. The lower member is composed of dark-gray thin-bedded limestone that contains abundant dark chert nodules. Unit is metamorphosed to a coarse-grained marble near the contacts with granitic plutons. The total thickness of the unit is estimated to be between 400 and 500m. Assigned a Late Mississippian age on the basis of an abundant coral, brachiopod, foraminifera, and conodont fauna (Patton and Dutro, 1969) (Lane and Ressmeyer, 1985) (Zhang and Blodgett 2007). Location-Unit is widely exposed along streams draining the wave-cut platform in the eastern part of the island; the best outcrops occur along streams that flow into Ongoveyuk and Tomname lagoons. Unit is also exposed as scattered rubble patches, in the western part of the island
Lithology Sedimentary

Correlated geologic units

Label Mlkg
Description Lisburne Group, Kogruk Formation
Geologic age Mississippian
Geologic setting Sedimentary, slope-and-deep-water
Lithology Form Importance
Limestone < Carbonate < Sedimentary Bed Indeterminate, major
Chert < Chemical < Sedimentary Bed Incidental