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  • Usage in publication:
    • Hazelwood member
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Wisconsin arch
Publication:

Templeton, J.S., and Willman, H.B., 1952, Guidebook for the 16th annual field conference, central northern Illinois: Tri-State Annual Field Conference Guidebook, October 11-12, 1952, no. 16, 47 p., Also issued as Illinois State Geol. Survey Gdbk., 2nd ser., 1952. http://archive.org/details/guidebookforsixt02tris


Summary:

Figs. 3, 10, 16. Hazelwood member of Mifflin formation. Limestone, thick-bedded; dolomite, pure, nonshaly, medium-bedded. Thickness 5 to 7 feet. Shown on columnar section as underlying Briton member (new) and overlying Establishment member (new). Age is Middle Ordovician.
[Notable exposures in Dixon-Oregon area, northern IL.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1715).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Hazelwood member
  • Modifications:
    • Not used
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Wisconsin arch
Publication:

Thompson, T.L., 2001, Lexicon of stratigraphic nomenclature in Missouri: Missouri Division of Geology and Land Survey Report of Investigations, no. 73, 371 p.


Summary:

The Hazelwood Member of Mifflin Formation of Plattin subgroup [informal] of Templeton and Willman (1963) = lower part of Beckett Limestone of Plattin subgroup. Age is Ordovician (Mohawkian).
["Subgroup" not recognized as a formal stratigraphic rank term (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Considered informal and should not be capitalized.]

Source: Publication.


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