Usage:
No current usage.
(†Boarman Member of Mifflin Formation of Platteville Group (IL) replaced with Blomeyer Member of Mifflin Formation. See Blomeyer.)
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician (Mohawkian; Turinian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures in Dixon-Oregon area, northern IL (Templeton and Willman, 1952).
AAPG geologic province:
Wisconsin arch
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