Gordonville Member of Dutchtown Formation (KY,MO)
Gordonville Member of Dutchtown Limestone (IL)
Middle Ordovician
Type section: Geiser quarry on north side of State Highway 75, 1.25 mi east of Dutchtown, in SW/4 NW/4 [SW/4?] NW/4 sec. 20 (projected), T. 30 N., R. 13 E., Cape Girardeau quadrangle, Cape Girardeau Co., MO. Named from Gordonville, Cape Girardeau Co., MO, 4.5 mi northwest of type section (Templeton and Willman, 1963).
Ozark uplift
Illinois basin
Upper Mississippi embayment
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