Historical:Wiley Coal Member
Lithostratigraphy: Kewanee Group >>Spoon Formation >>Wiley Coal Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Pennsylvanian Subsystem >>Desmoinesian Series
Allostratigraphy: Absaroka Sequence
Authors
M. E. Hopkins and J. A. Simon
Name Origin
The Wiley Coal Member of the Spoon Formation (Wanless, 1931a, p. 191) is named for Wiley School, Fulton County.
Type Section
Wiley School is near the type section (SW NW 16, 7N-2E) (Wanless, 1956, p. 9; 1957, p. 79, 206).
Correlation
It is correlative with the Davis Coal of southern Illinois and western Kentucky. It may be equivalent to the Mineral coal of Missouri and Kansas (Wanless, 1957).
Extent and Thickness
The Wiley is a widespread coal in western Illinois. It is seldom more than 2 feet thick, although local occurrences of up to 3 feet are known.
References
WANLESS, H. R., 1931a, Pennsylvanian cycles in western Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 60, 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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