Usage:
LeClaire Member of Gower Formation (IL,IA)
Geologic age:
late Silurian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
LeClaire, Scott Co., eastern IA (Hall, 1858).
Principal reference section: along Bud Creek, 3 mi north of LeClaire, Scott Co., SE/4 SW/4 sec. 11, T. 79 N., R. 5 E. (Bunker and others, 1985).
AAPG geologic province:
Iowa shelf
Wisconsin arch
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