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Geologic Unit: Glenhaven

Usage:

Glenhaven Member of Guttenberg Formation of Galena Group (IL,IA,WI)


Subunits:

(alphabetical): Dickeyville Bentonite Bed (IL,WI), Elkport Bentonite Bed (IL,IA,WI).


Geologic age:

Late Ordovician (Mohawkian; Chatfieldian)


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

Type section: roadcut of U.S. Highway 52 on northwest side of Guttenberg, in SW/4 SW/4 sec. 5, T. 92 N., R. 2 W., [approx. Lat. 42 deg. 48 min. 24 sec. N., Long. 91 deg. 06 min. 32 sec. W., Guttenberg 7.5-min quadrangle], Clayton Co., eastern IA (Templeton and Willman, 1963, Illinois Geol. Survey Bull., no. 89, p. 113; Willman and Buschbach, 1975, Illinois Geol. Survey Bull., no. 95, p. 47-87).
Named from Glenhaven [Glen Haven], along Mississippi River, [Guttenberg 7.5-min quadrangle], Grant Co., southwestern WI, 2.5 mi northeast of type section (Templeton and Willman, 1963, p. 113; Willman and Buschbach, 1975).
Notable exposures in Dixon-Oregon area, northern IL (Templeton and Willman, 1952).


AAPG geologic province:

Iowa shelf
Wisconsin arch


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

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