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Eau Claire Formation

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Type
  
Formation

Primary
  
Sandstone

Underlies
  
Potosi Formation

Country
  
United States

Overlies
  
Mount Simon Sandstone

Thickness
  
400 to 1000 feet in Indiana

Other
  
Siltstone, shale, dolomite

Region
  
Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, western Ohio, and western Kentucky. Equivalent to the Bonneterre Formation in Missouri

Named for
  
Outcrops along the Eau Claire River, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

The Eau Claire Formation is a geologic formation in the north central United States. It preserves trilobite fossils from the Cambrian Period.

References

Eau Claire Formation Wikipedia