Galena Group Explained

Galena Group
Type:Group
Age:Darriwilian-Sandbian
Period:Ordovician
Country:United States
Subunits:Decorah Shale, Dunleith Formation, Wise Lake Formation, Dubuque Formation[1]
Underlies:Maquoketa Group
Overlies:Platteville Limestone
Extent:Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois

The Galena Group or Galena Limestone refers to a sedimentary sequence of Ordovician limestone that was deposited atop the Decorah Shale. It is part of the Ordovician stratigraphy of the Upper Midwestern United States. It was deposited in a calm marine environment, and is fossiliferous.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Raatz. William. Ludvigson. Greg. 1996. Depositional environments and sequence stratigraphy of Upper Ordovician epicontinental deep water deposits, eastern Iowa and southern Minnesota. Special Paper of the Geological Society of America. 306. ResearchGate.
  2. Mossler, J. and Benson, S., 1995, 1999, 2006, Fossil Collecting in the Twin Cities Area. Minnesota at a Glance: Minnesota Geological Survey: University of Minnesota.