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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 Gila Limestone Member of the Mattoon Formation (Newton and Weller, 1937, p. 27).

Derivation

Named for Gila, Jasper County.

Other names

History/background

Type section

Type location

The type section consists of exposures about 1.5 miles south of Gila along Mint Creek (NE SW 31, 8N-9E) (Kosanke et al., 1960, p. 41, 51, 78, 79).

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Type status

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Stratigraphic relationships

Extent and thickness

The Gila has not been recognized outside the type area, where it is a gray, fine-grained, dense limestone 2.5 inches thick.

Lithology

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Well log characteristics

Fossils

Fish scales and teeth are the only fossils found.

Age and correlation

Environments of deposition

Economic importance

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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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