Willis Coal Member

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Lithostratigraphy: McCormick Group >>Abbott Formation >>Willis Coal Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Pennsylvanian Subsystem >>Atokan Series
Allostratigraphy: Absaroka Sequence

Primary source

Willman, H. B., Elwood Atherton, T. C. Buschbach, Charles Collinson, John C. Frye, M. E. Hopkins, Jerry A. Lineback, and Jack A. Simon, 1975, Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 95, 261 p.

Contributing author(s)

M. E. Hopkins and J. A. Simon

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Original description

The Willis Coal Member of the Abbott Formation (Butts, 1925, p. 62-63).

Derivation

Named for the Willis Mine in Gallatin County (SE SW 30, 10S-9E).

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Stratigraphic relationships

In the type area the Willis is closely underlain by the Grindstaff Sandstone Member and is immediately overlain by about 40 feet of Finnie Sandstone.

Extent and thickness

The coal is present at widely scattered localities in the outcrop area in southern Illinois. It has been mined locally in southeastern Illinois, where it is 3-3.5 feet thick.

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Age and correlation

It is correlated with the Tarter Coal of western Illinois and the Lower Block Coal Member of Indiana.

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References

BUTTS, CHARLES, 1925, Geology and mineral resources of the Equality-Shawneetown area: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 47, 76 p.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code Geo Unit Designation
3590
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