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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 Carlinville Limestone Member of the Modesto Formation (Worthen, 1873, p. 290-301).

Derivation

Named for Carlinville, Macoupin County.

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History/background

Type section

Type location

The type section consists of outcrops along Macoupin Creek (SW SW 35, 10N-7W) (Wanless, 1956, p. 11).

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Extent and thickness

The limestone is recognized only in part of southwestern Illinois, where it is thick-bedded, up to 5 feet thick.

Lithology

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Well log characteristics

Fossils

The Carlinville contains an open-marine fauna.

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Remarks

Reference(s)

place a <pre><br></pre>at the end of a line to get a line return WANLESS, H. R., 1956, Classification of the Pennsylvanian rocks of Illinois as of 1956: Illinois State Geological Survey Circular 217, 14 p.<br> WORTHEN, A. H., 1873, Geology and paleontology: Geological Survey of Illinois, v. 5, 619 p.

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