Browning Sandstone Member (abandoned)
Lithostratigraphy: Carbondale Formation >>Browning Sandstone Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Pennsylvanian Subsystem >>Desmoinesian Series
Allostratigraphy: Absaroka Sequence
Primary source
Nelson, W.J., P.H. Heckel and J.M. Obrad, 2022, Pennsylvanian Subsystem in Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey, Bulletin (in press).
Contributing author(s)
W.J. Nelson
Name
Original description
The Browning Sandstone has been attributed to W.V. Searight (1925–1927), but this was an unpublished manuscript. Wanless (1939, 1956) briefly mentioned the unit. The first proper descriptions, including measured sections, appear in Wanless (1957).
Derivation
The name refers to a village and township in Schuyler County, northwestern Illinois, where the sandstone fills channels eroded into strata beneath the underclay of the Colchester Coal.
Other names
None.
Type section
Type location
The type locality is located in Browning Township (sec. 18, T 2 N, R 1 E).
Type author(s)
Wanless (1957).
Type status
Unknown.
Reference section
None.
Stratigraphic relationships
In this report, the Browning Sandstone has been determined to occupy the same stratigraphic position as the Coxville Sandstone, which was named earlier. The name Browning Sandstone is hereby abandoned on the basis of priority.
References
- Wanless, H.R., 1939, Pennsylvanian correlations in the Eastern Interior and Appalachian coal fields: Geological Society of America, Special Paper 17, 130 p.
- Wanless, H.R., 1956, Classification of the Pennsylvanian rocks of Illinois as of 1956: Illinois State Geological Survey, Circular 217, 14 p.
- Wanless, H.R., 1957, Geology and mineral resources of the Beardstown, Glasford, Havana, and Vermont Quadrangles: Illinois State Geological Survey, Bulletin 82, 233 p.
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