Usage:
Eldena Member of Nachusa Formation of Platteville Group (IL)
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician (Mohawkian; Turinian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (=Nachusa type section): quarry on east edge of Dixon, on east side IL State Highway 2, in SE/4 SE/4 SW/4 sec. 33, T. 22 N., R. 9 E., [approx. Lat. 41 deg. 50 min. 48 sec. N., Long. 89 deg. 28 min. 08 sec. W., Dixon East 7.5-min quadrangle], Lee Co., northern IL (Templeton and Willman, 1963, Illinois Geol. Survey Bull., no. 89, p. 87; Willman and Buschbach, 1975, Illinois Geol. Survey Bull., no. 95, p. 47-87).
Named for Eldena, [in southeastern Dixon East 7.5-min quadrangle], Lee Co., northern IL, 6 mi southeast of type section (Templeton and Willman, 1963, p. 89; Willman and Buschbach, 1975).
Notable exposures in Dixon-Oregon area, northern IL (Templeton and Willman, 1952).
AAPG geologic province:
Wisconsin arch
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