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Geologic Unit: Charter

Usage:

Charter Member of Mount Simon Formation (IL-subsurface)


Geologic age:

Late Cambrian


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 1,381 to 1,648 feet, McQueen No. 1 (well 6), in SW/4 NE/4 NE/4 sec. 27, T. 42 N., R. 3 E., DeKalb Co., northern IL. Named from Charter Oak School, 3.5 mi north of type well (Templeton, 1950).


AAPG geologic province:

Wisconsin arch


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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