Lake County | Quaternary | Maquoketa Formation | Silurian | Galena-Platteville Interval | Ancell Formation
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Galena-Platteville Interval

        Map of Lake County showing the thickness of the Galena-Platteville interval.         Map of Lake County showing the top of the Galena Limestone
Three-dimensional representation of the thickness of the Galena-Platteville Interval.

Galena-Platteville Interval

In this study, the Galena and Platteville are combined into a single map unit because they have similar physical characteristics. In Lake County, these rocks consist of relatively pure fine- to medium-grained dolomite with low permeability and porosity.

Left is a three-dimensional representation of the thickness of the Galena-Platteville Interval.





Updated 10/27/2009 SLD

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