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Geologic Unit: Dutch Creek
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Dutch Creek sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Illinois basin
Publication:

Savage, T.E., 1920, The Devonian formations of Illinois: American Journal of Science, 4th series, v. 49, p. 169-182.


Summary:

Dutch Creek sandstone named in southwestern Union Co., IL. Described as iron-stained, reddish-brown or yellow, rather coarse grains of quartz sand cemented with iron oxide, in layers 10 to 24 in. thick. Thickness 0 to 30 ft. Grades into overlying Grand Tower limestone and rests conformably on Clear Creek chert. Outcrops at many places in Union and Alexander Cos., IL, and is present in eastern MO. Fossils (Onondaga) listed.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Dutch Creek Sandstone Member
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Illinois basin
Publication:

Devera, J.A., and Fraunfelter, G.H., 1988, Middle Devonian paleogeography and tectonic relationships east of the Ozark dome, southeastern Missouri, southwestern Illinois and parts of southwestern Indiana and western Kentucky, IN McMillan, N.J., Embry, A.F., and Glass, D.J., eds., Devonian of the World; proceedings of the 2nd international symposium on the Devonian System; Volume II, Sedimentation: Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Memoir, 14, p. 179-196.


Summary:

Unit is basal member of Grand Tower Limestone in southern IL and basal member of Jefferson Limestone in southwestern IN and western KY. Thickness ranges 0-11 m. Dutch Creek is time transgressive. Age thought to be early Eifelian in southwestern IL and late Emsian in southeastern IL, southern IN, and western KY.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Dutch Creek Sandstone Member
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Illinois basin
Publication:

Berg, R.B., and Masters, J.M., 1994, Geology of microcrystalline silica (Tripoli) deposits, southernmost Illinois: Illinois Geological Survey Circular, no. 555, 89 p.


Summary:

Dutch Creek Sandstone Member of the Grand Tower Limestone overlies the Clear Creek Chert and underlies a chert-pebble conglomerate of uncertain age. The only exposure of the Dutch Creek within the area is near the head of a gulch in the ridge north of Magazine Hollow in the SE1/4NW1/4NE1/4 sec. 11, T14S, R2W. Thickness at this locality is 1.5 m. Dutch Creek is the only member of the Grand Tower present in the study area. The sandstone is characterized by a case-hardened, brown-weathering rind that is several centimeters thick and covers the pinkish gray orthoquartzite within. Age is Middle Devonian.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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