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Joachim Dolomite (Middle Ordovician) - Typically very fine granular dolostone with local interbedded fine- to mediumgrained sandy limestone. The dolostone is tan to buff to gray on fresh surfaces and weathers light gray. The sandy limestone is gray on fresh and weathered surfaces. Ranges from very thin- to thick-bedded. Common small clear calcite vugs. The upper dolostone locally contains relatively larger calcite veins that stand in relief on weathered surfaces. The lower Joachim Dolomite locally contains breccia units composed of calcareous sandstone with angular dolostone ripup clasts. Rare karst features include springs and sinkholes. Ranges from 5 – 140 ft (1 – 43 m) thick. Conformable with the underlying St. Peter Formation.
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This map depicts the bedrock geology of the Sylamore 7.5 minute topographic quadrangle of Stone and Izard counties, Arkansas. In this area over 1700 ft (518 m) of carbonate and clastic sedimentary rocks of Middle Ordovician to Late Mississippian age (approximately 470 – 320 Mya) are exposed. Illustration of the geology of the Sylamore quadrangle was complicated by a lack of lateral persistence of some rock units. In areas where the Kimmswick Limestone (Ok) is too thin to be depicted at the scale of the map, it is combined into a single map unit with the Fernvale Limestone (Of). This convention was also followed for the Plattin and Joachim formations. Where the Joachim Dolomite is too thin to be depicted it is combined with the Plattin Limestone and they are depicted as a single unit (Op). The geology of the Sylamore quadrangle was mapped in 1973 by E.E. Glick of the USGS for the 1:500,000 scale geologic map of Arkansas. This map builds on previous work but uses more detailed stratigraphy and depicts structure in greater detail. The geologic information on this map is based on field observations made between July 2011 and April 2012. Data collection sites were recorded using a Garmin GPSmap 76S global positioning satellite receiver. Bedrock dipping at less than 2º is depicted as horizontal.
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Braden, A. K., Ausbrooks, S. M., and Smith, D. K., 2002, Geologic Map Of The Fiftysix Quadrangle, Stone County, Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission, Digital Geologic Map, DGM-AR-00290, 1 sheet. Craig, W. W., 1975, Stratigraphy and Conodont Faunas of the Cason Shale and the Kimmswick and Fernvale Limestones of Northern Arkansas in Contributions to the Geology of the Arkansas Ozarks: Arkansas Geological Commission, Miscellaneous Publications 12, p. 61 – 95.
Frezon, S.E., Glick, E. E., 1959, Pre – Atoka Rocks of Northern Arkansas: Shorter Contributions to General Geology, Geological Survey Professional Paper 314 – H, p. 171 – 187. Glick E. E., 1973, Preliminary Geologic map of the Sylamore quadrangle, Izard and Stone Counties, Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission, Geologic Worksheet, 1 sheet.
Ingram, R. L., 1954, Terminology for the Thickness of Stratification and Parting Units in Sedimentary Rocks: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 65, p. 937 – 938.
McFarland, J.D. 2004, Stratigraphic Summary of Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission, Little Rock, Arkansas, 38p. Suhm, Raymond W., 1975, The Calico Rock Sandstone Member of the Everton Formation (Ordovician), Northern Arkansas: Arkansas Academy of Science Proceedings, Vol. XXIX Acknowledgments: This map was produced for The National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (STATEMAP), a matching-funds grant program administered by the U.S. Geological Survey, under Cooperative Agreement Award G11AC20219. Special thanks to the private landowners who graciously allowed access to their properties. Very special thanks to Angela Chandler for her tireless dedication to this mapping project. Disclaimer: This map was digitized using ArcGIS ArcView 10 software on computers at the Arkansas Geological Survey (AGS). The AGS does not guarantee the accuracy of this map, especially when reproduced on any other system, with any other software or at a larger scale. As mapping continues and is refined, the data presented on this map may be updated. For the latest edition of this and other AGS maps and publications, please call Publication Sales at 501-296-1877, or visit the Vardelle Parham Geology Center, 3815 West Roosevelt Road, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204. This map is also available on our website in Portable Document Format at http://www.geology.ar.gov/geologicmaps/dgm_24k.htm. Suggested citation for this map: Rains, Daniel S. and Hutto, Richard S., 2012, Geologic map of the Sylamore quadrangle, Izard and Stone Counties, Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Survey, Digital Geologic Map, DGM-00844, 1 sheet.
Map and cross section digitized by Nathan Taylor
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Topographic map of the Sylamore quadrangle. Dots indicate locations of data collection points.
Karst with scallop marks developed in Plattin Limestone, Hell Creek.
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Joachim Dolomite (Middle Ordovician) - Typically very fine granular dolostone with local interbedded fine- to mediumgrained sandy limestone. The dolostone is tan to buff to gray on fresh surfaces and weathers light gray. The sandy limestone is gray on fresh and weathered surfaces. Ranges from very thin- to thick-bedded. Common small clear calcite vugs. The upper dolostone locally contains relatively larger calcite veins that stand in relief on weathered surfaces. The lower Joachim Dolomite locally contains breccia units composed of calcareous sandstone with angular dolostone ripup clasts. Rare karst features include springs and sinkholes. Ranges from 5 – 140 ft (1 – 43 m) thick. Conformable with the underlying St. Peter Formation.
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This map depicts the bedrock geology of the Sylamore 7.5 minute topographic quadrangle of Stone and Izard counties, Arkansas. In this area over 1700 ft (518 m) of carbonate and clastic sedimentary rocks of Middle Ordovician to Late Mississippian age (approximately 470 – 320 Mya) are exposed. Illustration of the geology of the Sylamore quadrangle was complicated by a lack of lateral persistence of some rock units. In areas where the Kimmswick Limestone (Ok) is too thin to be depicted at the scale of the map, it is combined into a single map unit with the Fernvale Limestone (Of). This convention was also followed for the Plattin and Joachim formations. Where the Joachim Dolomite is too thin to be depicted it is combined with the Plattin Limestone and they are depicted as a single unit (Op). The geology of the Sylamore quadrangle was mapped in 1973 by E.E. Glick of the USGS for the 1:500,000 scale geologic map of Arkansas. This map builds on previous work but uses more detailed stratigraphy and depicts structure in greater detail. The geologic information on this map is based on field observations made between July 2011 and April 2012. Data collection sites were recorded using a Garmin GPSmap 76S global positioning satellite receiver. Bedrock dipping at less than 2º is depicted as horizontal.
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Braden, A. K., Ausbrooks, S. M., and Smith, D. K., 2002, Geologic Map Of The Fiftysix Quadrangle, Stone County, Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission, Digital Geologic Map, DGM-AR-00290, 1 sheet. Craig, W. W., 1975, Stratigraphy and Conodont Faunas of the Cason Shale and the Kimmswick and Fernvale Limestones of Northern Arkansas in Contributions to the Geology of the Arkansas Ozarks: Arkansas Geological Commission, Miscellaneous Publications 12, p. 61 – 95.
Frezon, S.E., Glick, E. E., 1959, Pre – Atoka Rocks of Northern Arkansas: Shorter Contributions to General Geology, Geological Survey Professional Paper 314 – H, p. 171 – 187. Glick E. E., 1973, Preliminary Geologic map of the Sylamore quadrangle, Izard and Stone Counties, Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission, Geologic Worksheet, 1 sheet.
Ingram, R. L., 1954, Terminology for the Thickness of Stratification and Parting Units in Sedimentary Rocks: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 65, p. 937 – 938.
McFarland, J.D. 2004, Stratigraphic Summary of Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Commission, Little Rock, Arkansas, 38p. Suhm, Raymond W., 1975, The Calico Rock Sandstone Member of the Everton Formation (Ordovician), Northern Arkansas: Arkansas Academy of Science Proceedings, Vol. XXIX Acknowledgments: This map was produced for The National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (STATEMAP), a matching-funds grant program administered by the U.S. Geological Survey, under Cooperative Agreement Award G11AC20219. Special thanks to the private landowners who graciously allowed access to their properties. Very special thanks to Angela Chandler for her tireless dedication to this mapping project. Disclaimer: This map was digitized using ArcGIS ArcView 10 software on computers at the Arkansas Geological Survey (AGS). The AGS does not guarantee the accuracy of this map, especially when reproduced on any other system, with any other software or at a larger scale. As mapping continues and is refined, the data presented on this map may be updated. For the latest edition of this and other AGS maps and publications, please call Publication Sales at 501-296-1877, or visit the Vardelle Parham Geology Center, 3815 West Roosevelt Road, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204. This map is also available on our website in Portable Document Format at http://www.geology.ar.gov/geologicmaps/dgm_24k.htm. Suggested citation for this map: Rains, Daniel S. and Hutto, Richard S., 2012, Geologic map of the Sylamore quadrangle, Izard and Stone Counties, Arkansas: Arkansas Geological Survey, Digital Geologic Map, DGM-00844, 1 sheet.
Map and cross section digitized by Nathan Taylor
