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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.

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M. E. Hopkins and J. A. Simon

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Original description

The Flannigan Coal Member of the Bond Formation (Newton and Weller, 1937, p. 9).

Derivation

Named for Flannigan Township, Hamilton County.

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History/background

Type section

Type location

The type section is an exposure along a southwest-flowing tributary of the Middle Fork Saline River (SW NE NE 17, 7S-5E; erroneously reported as 6S-5E by Kosanke et al., 1960).

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Stratigraphic relationships

Extent and thickness

In the type area, the Flannigan Coal is about 1 foot thick and is overlain by a thin, black fissile shale. The Flannigan occurs in southeastern and eastern Illinois.

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Age and correlation

The Flannigan is correlated with the Flat Creek Coal of southwestern Illinois.

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Reference(s)

place a <pre><br></pre>at the end of a line to get a line return KOSANKE, R. M., J. A. SIMON, H. R. WANLESS, and H. B. WILLMAN, 1960, Classification of the Pennsylvanian strata of Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Report of Investigations 214, 84 p.<br> NEWTON, W. A., and J. M. WELLER, 1937, Stratigraphic studies of Pennsylvanian outcrops in part of southeastern Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Report of Investigations 45, 31 p.

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