Mount Simon Sandstone

Mount Simon Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: Upper Cambrian ?

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Mount Simon Sandstone; Stratigraphic range: Upper Cambrian ? PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Potsdam Sandstone
Underlies	Eau Claire Formation and Rome Formation
Overlies	Hinckley Sandstone and Middle Run Formation
Thickness	up to 2,000 feet (610 m)
Lithology
Primary	Coarse sandstones
Other	Occasional fine dark grey or maroon shales
Location
Extent	Illinois, Indiana , Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin,
Type section
Named for	Mount Simon escarpment in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Named by	E. O. Ulrich
Thickness at type section	235 feet

The Mount Simon Sandstone is the basal sandstone of the Potsdam Sandstone. It was deposited in a nearshore environment, unconformably overlying Precambrian basement.^[2]

It is overlain by the Eau Claire Formation or Ordovician strata. It is presumed to be Upper Cambrian in age, though not verified.^[3] See infobox for more details.^[1]

The Mount Simon formation is the equivalent of the La Motte Sandstone formation in the St. Francois Mountains of Missouri.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Mount Simon Sandstone". Indiana Geological Survey. http://igs.indiana.edu/compendium/comp0i04.cfm.
↑ Hamblin, A. P. (2011). Detailed outcrop and core measured sections of Upper Cambrian and Middle Ordovician sandstones (and associated facies), southwestern Ontario (Report). Geological Survey of Canada. doi:10.4095/288671. Open File 6856.
↑ Hamblin, A. P. (October 1998). Upper Cambrian strata of southwestern Ontario: Summary of literature (Report). Geological Survey of Canada. Open File 3663.

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[indiana-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Mount Simon Sandstone". Indiana Geological Survey. http://igs.indiana.edu/compendium/comp0i04.cfm.

[2] Hamblin, A. P. (2011). Detailed outcrop and core measured sections of Upper Cambrian and Middle Ordovician sandstones (and associated facies), southwestern Ontario (Report). Geological Survey of Canada. doi:10.4095/288671. Open File 6856.

[3] Hamblin, A. P. (October 1998). Upper Cambrian strata of southwestern Ontario: Summary of literature (Report). Geological Survey of Canada. Open File 3663.