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Geologic Unit: Harmony Hill

Usage:

Harmony Hill Member of Glenwood Formation (IL,IA,WI)
Harmony Hill Shale Member of Glenwood Formation (IL,IA)


Geologic age:

Late Ordovician (Mohawkian; Turinian)


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

Type section: ravine 5 mi north of Grand Detour, in W/2 SE/4 SE/4 NE/4 sec. 24, T. 23 N., R. 9 E., [approx. Lat. 41 deg. 58 min. 07 sec. N., Long. 89 deg. 23 min. 55 sec. W., northwestern Dixon 15-min quadrangle], Ogle Co., northern IL (Templeton and Willman, 1963, Illinois Geol. Survey Bull., no. 89, p. 52; Willman and Buschbach, 1975, Illinois Geol. Survey Bull., no. 95, p. 47-87).
Named from Harmony Hill School, [in center sec. 13, T. 23 N., R. 9 E., northwestern Dixon 15-min quadrangle, 1918 ed.], Ogle Co., northern IL, 1 mi northwest of type section (Templeton and Willman, 1963, p. 52; Willman and Buschbach, 1975).
Notable exposures in Dixon-Oregon area, northern IL (Templeton and Willman, 1952).


AAPG geologic province:

Wisconsin arch


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

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