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? ? Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality Geological Survey Division Harold Fitch, State Geologist and Michigan Basin Geological Society Stratigraphic Nomenclature Project Committee: Principal Authors: 2000 M I C H I G A N B A S I N G E O L O G I C A L S O C I E T Y 1 9 3 6 RELATED TERM CORRELATION LEGEND Limestone Shaley Sandy Dolomite Sandy Shaley Glacial Drift Anhydrite/Gypsum Reefs/Bioherms Basement Rocks Coal Bed Sandstone Limey Shaley Dolomitic Conglomeritic Siltstone Shale Sandy Limey Dolomitic Salt DOMINANT LITHOLOGY OUTCROP NOMENCLATURE SUBSURFACE NOMENCLATURE GEOLOGIC TIME Acknowledgements This work is the product of the combined efforts of the geological communities of Michigan and the surrounding states and provinces. Below are given just a representative few of the contributors: Academia: Dr. Aureal T. Cross, Michigan State University; Dr. Robert H. Dott, Jr., University of Wisconsin; Mr. William D. Everham, Ph.D. Candidate, Michigan Technological University. Government: Dr. Terry R. Carter, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Mr. John M. Esch, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality; Dr. Brian D. Keith, Indiana Geological Survey; Mr. Lawrence H Wickstrom, Ohio Geological Survey. Industry: Mr. Donald J. Bailey, Consultant; Mr. Jimmy R. Myles, Scot Energy; Mr. Dan E. Pfeiffer, Pfeiffer Exploration Services. A complete listing of all contributors will be found in the Stratigraphic Lexicon for Michigan, of which this column is an integral part. ERA PERIOD EPOCH NORTH AMERICAN STAGES GROUP FORMATION MEMBER FORMATION GROUP Killians Mbr Collingwood Sh Chapel Rock Mbr Trenton Fm Ogontz Mbr Bay de Noc Mbr Fiborn Ls Mbr Cataract Gr Burnt Bluff Gr Manistique Gr Salina Gr Bass Islands Gr Detroit River Gr Bush Bay Fm Rapson Creek Fm Rockview Fm Engadine Gr Traverse Gr Glacial Drift Oronto Gr Glacial Drift Ionia Fm Grand River Fm Saginaw Fm Parma Ss Parma Ss Bayport Ls Michigan Fm Marshall Ss Coldwater Sh Berea Ss Bedford Sh Antrim Sh Traverse Ls Bell Sh Dundee Ls Lucas Fm Amherstburg Fm Sylvania Ss Bois Blanc Fm Garden Island Fm Salina G Unit Salina F Unit Salina E Unit Salina D Unit Salina C Unit Salina B Unit Salina A-2 Carb Salina A-2 Evap Ruff Fm Salina A-1 Evap Cain Fm Guelph Dol Lockport Dol Manistique Gr Traverse Gr Bass Islands Gr Pte. aux Chenes Fm Niagara Gr Burnt Bluff Gr Cabot Head Sh Manitoulin Dol Cataract Gr Queenston Sh Utica Sh Trenton Fm Richmond Gr Black River Fm Glenwood Fm Precambrian Crystalline Basement Complex Collingwood Sh <unconformity> St.Peter Ss Prairie du Chien Gr Trempealeau Fm Eau Claire Fm Munising Gr Mount Simon Ss Pre-Mt. Simon Clastics Precambrian Crystalline Basement Complex Cenozoic Quaternary Pleistocene Mesozoic Jurassic Middle Oxfordian Conemaugh Late Pennsylvanian Pottsville Early Mississippian Late Early Meramecian Osagian Kinderhookian Squaw Bay Ls Chautauquan Senecan Erian Ulsterian Late Middle Early Devonian Paleozoic Cayugan Niagaran Alexandrian Late Middle Early Cincinnatian Mohawkian Chazyan Whiterockian Canadian Trempealeaun Franconian Dresbachian Middle Proterozoic Eon Silurian Ordovician Cambrian Late Middle Early Late Norwood Mbr Antrim Sh Squaw Bay Ls undifferentiated undifferentiated Detroit River Gr Salina Gr undifferentiated undifferentiated Potter Farm Mbr Ellsworth Sh Sunbury Sh (western) Ellsworth Sh (western) Berea Ss Bedford Sh Sunbury Sh (eastern) Saginaw Fm Bayport Ls Norway Point Mbr Four Mile Dam Mbr Alpena Ls Genshaw Mbr Newton Creek Mbr Long Lake Ls Groos Quarry Mbr Au Train Fm Munising Fm Cordell Fm Schoolcraft Fm Hendricks Fm Byron Fm Lime Island Fm Cabot Head Sh Manitoulin Dol Big Hill Fm Stonington Fm Bill's Creek Sh Jacobsville Ss Freda Ss Nonesuch Sh Copper Harbor Cgl Archean to Middle Proterozoic Eons Basal Cgl Ionia Fm Grand River Fm Michigan Fm Marshall Ss Coldwater Sh Thunder Bay Ls Ferron Point Fm Rockport Quarry Ls Bell Sh Rogers City Ls Dundee Ls Anderdon Ls Lucas Fm Amherstburg Fm Sylvania Ss Bois Blanc Fm Garden Island Fm Rasin River Dol Put-in-Bay Dol St. Ignace Dol Black River Fm Chandler Falls Mbr Franconia Fm Galesville Ss Miner's Castle Mbr <unconformity> Mackinac Breccia Mackinac Breccia (eastern) Paxton Mbr Lachine Mbr Upper Mbr Richmond Gr Wisconsinan Dr. Paul A. Catacosinos Dr. William B. Harrison III Mr. Robert F. Reynolds Dr. David B.Westjohn Mr. Mark S. Wollensak Dr. Paul A. Catacosinos, Co-chairman Mr. Mark S. Wollensak, Co-chairman STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION Ionia Fm Michigan Fm Coldwater Sh Antrim Sh Dundee Ls Lucas Fm Amherstburg Fm St. Ignace Dolomite Salina B Unit Ruff Formation Cain Fm Guelph Dolomite Lockport Dolomite Burnt Bluff Gr Trenton Fm Black River Fm Glenwood Fm St. Peter Sandstone Prairie du Chien Gr Trempealeau Fm Galesville Ss Pre-Mt. Simon Clastics STRATIGRAPHIC NOMENCLATURE FOR MICHIGAN RELATED TERMS Jurassic Red Beds Clare Dolomite, Brown Lime, Stray Dolomite, Stray Sandstone, Stray-Stray Sandstone, Stray-Stray-Stray Sandstone, Triple Gyp Coldwater Red Rock, Speckled Dolomite, Wier Sand Charlton Black Shale Member, Elltrim, Chester Black Shale Member, Upper Black Shale, Light Antrim, Lower Black, Lower Antrim Middle Antrim, Middle Gray Antrim, Dark Antrim, Middle Gray Shale, Unit 1A, Unit 1B, Unit 1C, Crappo Creek Grey Shale Member Reed City Member/Dolomite/Anhydrite Freer Sandstone, Horner Member, Iutzi Member, Massive Salt/Anhydrite, Sour Zone, Big Anhydrite, Richfield Zone/Member/Sandstone, Big Salt Filer Sandstone, Meldrum Member, Black Lime Salina H Unit Big Salt, B Salt Salina A-1 Carbonate, Rabbit Ears Anhydrite, Salina A-0 Carbonate Brown Niagara, Niagaran Reef, Pinnacle Reef, Engadine Dolomite Gray Niagara, White Niagara Clinton Formation Cap Dolomite Van Wert Zone, Sneaky Peek, Black River Shale Goodwell Unit, Zone of Unconformity Bruggers Sandstone, Jordan Sandstone, Knox Sandstone, Massive Sand Foster Formation, New Richmond Sandstone, Lower Knox Carbonate, St. Lawrence Formation, T-PDC, Oneota Dolomite, Brazos Shale Lodi Formation Dresbach Sandstone Precambrian "Red Beds" Partridge Point Mbr ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Norwood Mbr Paxton Mbr Lachine Mbr Upper Mbr Foster Fm Precambrian

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Michigan Dept. of Environmental QualityGeological Survey DivisionHarold Fitch, State Geologist

andMichigan Basin Geological Society

Stratigraphic Nomenclature Project Committee:

Principal Authors:

2000

MIC

HIG

AN

BASIN

GEOLOGICALS

OC

IETY

1936

RELATED TERM CORRELATION

LEGEND

Limestone

Shaley

Sandy

Dolomite

Sandy

Shaley

Glacial Drift

Anhydrite/Gypsum

Reefs/Bioherms

Basement Rocks

Coal Bed

Sandstone

Limey

Shaley

Dolomitic

Conglomeritic

Siltstone

Shale

Sandy

Limey

Dolomitic

Salt

DOMINANT LITHOLOGYOUTCROP NOMENCLATURE SUBSURFACE NOMENCLATUREGEOLOGIC TIME

Acknowledgements

This work is the product of the combined efforts of the geological communities of Michigan and the surrounding states and provinces. Below are given just a representative few of the contributors:

Academia: Dr. Aureal T. Cross, Michigan State University; Dr. Robert H. Dott, Jr.,University of Wisconsin; Mr. William D. Everham, Ph.D. Candidate, Michigan Technological University.

Government: Dr. Terry R. Carter, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Mr. John M. Esch, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality; Dr. Brian D. Keith,Indiana Geological Survey; Mr. Lawrence H Wickstrom, Ohio Geological Survey.

Industry: Mr. Donald J. Bailey, Consultant; Mr. Jimmy R. Myles, Scot Energy; Mr. Dan E. Pfeiffer, Pfeiffer Exploration Services.

A complete listing of all contributors will be found in the Stratigraphic Lexicon for Michigan, of which this column is an integral part.

ERA PERIOD EPOCHNORTH

AMERICANSTAGES

GROUP FORMATION MEMBER FORMATION GROUP

Killians Mbr

Collingwood Sh

Chapel Rock Mbr

Trenton Fm

Ogontz Mbr

Bay de Noc Mbr

Fiborn Ls Mbr

Cataract Gr

Burnt Bluff Gr

Manistique Gr

Salina Gr

Bass Islands Gr

Detroit River Gr

Bush Bay Fm

Rapson Creek Fm

Rockview Fm

Engadine Gr

Traverse Gr

Glacial Drift

Oronto Gr

Glacial Drift

Ionia Fm

Grand River Fm

Saginaw Fm

Parma Ss Parma Ss

Bayport Ls

Michigan Fm

Marshall Ss

Coldwater Sh

Berea Ss

Bedford Sh

Antrim Sh

Traverse Ls

Bell Sh

Dundee Ls

Lucas Fm

Amherstburg Fm

Sylvania Ss

Bois Blanc Fm

Garden Island Fm

Salina G Unit

Salina F Unit

Salina E Unit

Salina D Unit

Salina C Unit

Salina B Unit

Salina A-2 Carb

Salina A-2 Evap

Ruff Fm

Salina A-1 Evap

Cain Fm

Guelph Dol

Lockport Dol

Manistique Gr

Traverse Gr

Bass Islands Gr

Pte. aux ChenesFm

Niagara Gr

Burnt Bluff Gr

Cabot Head Sh

Manitoulin DolCataract Gr

Queenston Sh

Utica Sh

Trenton Fm

Richmond Gr

Black River Fm

Glenwood Fm

Precambrian Crystalline Basement Complex

Collingwood Sh

<unconformity>St.Peter Ss

Prairie du Chien Gr

Trempealeau Fm

Eau Claire Fm

Munising Gr

Mount Simon Ss

Pre-Mt. Simon Clastics

Precambrian Crystalline Basement Complex

Cenozoic

Quaternary

Pleistocene

Mesozoic Jurassic Middle Oxfordian

ConemaughLate

Penn

sylva

nian

PottsvilleEarly

Mis

siss

ippi

an

Late

Early

Meramecian

Osagian

Kinderhookian

Squaw Bay Ls

Chautauquan

Senecan

Erian

Ulsterian

Late

Middle

Early

Dev

onia

n

Pal

eozo

ic

Cayugan

Niagaran

Alexandrian

Late

Middle

Early

Cincinnatian

Mohawkian

Chazyan

Whiterockian

Canadian

Trempealeaun

Franconian

Dresbachian

Middle Proterozoic Eon

Silu

rian

Ord

ovic

ian

Cam

bria

n

Late

Middle

Early

Late

Norwood Mbr

Antrim Sh

Squaw Bay Ls

undifferentiated

undifferentiated

Detroit River Gr

Salina Gr

undifferentiated

undifferentiated

Potter Farm Mbr

Ellsworth Sh

Sunbury Sh

(western)Ellsworth Sh

(western)

Berea Ss

Bedford Sh

Sunbury Sh

(eas

tern

)

Saginaw Fm

Bayport Ls

Norway Point Mbr

Four Mile Dam MbrAlpena Ls

Genshaw Mbr

Newton Creek Mbr

Long Lake Ls

Groos Quarry Mbr

Au Train Fm

Munising Fm

Cordell Fm

Schoolcraft Fm

Hendricks Fm

Byron Fm

Lime Island Fm

Cabot Head Sh

Manitoulin Dol

Big Hill Fm

Stonington Fm

Bill's Creek Sh

Jacobsville Ss

Freda Ss

Nonesuch Sh

Copper Harbor Cgl

Archean to Middle Proterozoic Eons

Basal Cgl

Ionia Fm

Grand River Fm

Michigan Fm

Marshall Ss

Coldwater Sh

Thunder Bay Ls

Ferron Point Fm

Rockport Quarry Ls

Bell Sh

Rogers City Ls

Dundee Ls

Anderdon Ls

Lucas Fm

Amherstburg Fm

Sylvania Ss

Bois Blanc Fm

Garden Island Fm

Rasin River Dol

Put-in-Bay Dol

St. Ignace Dol

Black River Fm

Chandler Falls Mbr

Franconia Fm

Galesville SsMiner's Castle Mbr

<unconformity>

Mac

kina

c B

recc

ia

Mac

kina

c B

recc

ia

(eas

tern

)

Paxton Mbr

Lachine Mbr

Upper Mbr

Richmond Gr

Wisconsinan

Dr. Paul A. CatacosinosDr. William B. Harrison IIIMr. Robert F. ReynoldsDr. David B.WestjohnMr. Mark S. Wollensak

Dr. Paul A. Catacosinos, Co-chairmanMr. Mark S. Wollensak, Co-chairman

STRATIGRAPHICPOSITION

Ionia Fm

Michigan Fm

Coldwater Sh

Antrim Sh

Dundee Ls

Lucas Fm

Amherstburg Fm

St. Ignace Dolomite

Salina B Unit

Ruff Formation

Cain Fm

Guelph Dolomite

Lockport Dolomite

Burnt Bluff Gr

Trenton Fm

Black River Fm

Glenwood Fm

St. Peter Sandstone

Prairie du Chien Gr

Trempealeau Fm

Galesville Ss

Pre-Mt. Simon Clastics

STRATIGRAPHICNOMENCLATUREFOR MICHIGAN

RELATED TERMS

Jurassic Red Beds

Clare Dolomite, Brown Lime, Stray Dolomite, Stray Sandstone, Stray-Stray Sandstone, Stray-Stray-Stray Sandstone, Triple Gyp

Coldwater Red Rock, Speckled Dolomite, Wier Sand

Charlton Black Shale Member, Elltrim,Chester Black Shale Member, Upper Black Shale,Light Antrim, Lower Black, Lower AntrimMiddle Antrim, Middle Gray Antrim, Dark Antrim,Middle Gray Shale, Unit 1A, Unit 1B, Unit 1C,Crappo Creek Grey Shale Member

Reed City Member/Dolomite/Anhydrite

Freer Sandstone, Horner Member, Iutzi Member, Massive Salt/Anhydrite, Sour Zone, Big Anhydrite,Richfield Zone/Member/Sandstone, Big Salt

Filer Sandstone, Meldrum Member, Black Lime

Salina H Unit

Big Salt, B Salt

Salina A-1 Carbonate, Rabbit Ears Anhydrite,

Salina A-0 Carbonate

Brown Niagara, Niagaran Reef, Pinnacle Reef,Engadine Dolomite

Gray Niagara, White Niagara

Clinton Formation

Cap Dolomite

Van Wert Zone, Sneaky Peek, Black River Shale

Goodwell Unit, Zone of Unconformity

Bruggers Sandstone, Jordan Sandstone,Knox Sandstone, Massive Sand

Foster Formation, New Richmond Sandstone, Lower Knox Carbonate, St. Lawrence Formation,T-PDC, Oneota Dolomite, Brazos Shale

Lodi Formation

Dresbach Sandstone

Precambrian "Red Beds"

Partridge Point Mbr

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Norwood Mbr

Paxton Mbr

Lachine Mbr

Upper Mbr

Foster Fm

Pre

cam

bria

n