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Diagenetic history of Ordovician and Devonian oil ... - Geology Ontario

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CHAPTER 2 FACIES AND DIAGENESIS<br />

FACIES<br />

Black River Group<br />

The 200 to 300 m thick Trenton <strong>and</strong> Black River groups include supratidal<br />

through shallow subtidal bioclastic carbonates. The Shadow Lake Formation at the base<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Black River Group is characterized by silty to s<strong>and</strong>y glauconitic limestone or<br />

dolomite. The Gull River Formation consists <strong>of</strong> monotonous brown or grey <strong>and</strong> rare<br />

black carbonate mudstones, generally bioturbated <strong>and</strong> containing scattered bioclasts<br />

(Plate la). Dispersed bioclasts, possibly originally aragonitic bivalves, <strong>and</strong> the central<br />

portions <strong>of</strong> burrows are infilled by sparry calcite. In thin section the Gull River carbonate<br />

mudstones are revealed to be peloidal. Near the base <strong>of</strong> the Gull River Formation there<br />

are several distinctive beds: a small bed <strong>of</strong> micrite-coated grains; a bed in which there are<br />

empty molds <strong>of</strong> former gypsum laths; <strong>and</strong> seams <strong>of</strong> dolomite. Argillaceous seams <strong>and</strong><br />

bioclastic packstone or grainstone beds are a minor component <strong>and</strong> are dispersed<br />

throughout, becoming volumetrically more important towards the top <strong>of</strong> the Black River<br />

Group.<br />

The depositional environment for the Black River Group exposed in southern<br />

<strong>Ontario</strong> has been described in great detail, whereas the depositional environment for the<br />

equivalent subsurface strata is not defined. Lake Simcoe region strata are described by<br />

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