Hillery Till Member

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Lithostratigraphy: Banner Formation >>Hillery Till Member
Chronostratigraphy: Cenozoic Erathem >>Quaternary System >>Pleistocene Series

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)

John C. Frye and H. B. Willman

Name

Original description

Hillery Till Member, Banner Formation (Johnson et al., 1971, p. 195).

Derivation

Named for Hillery, Vermilion County.

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History/background

Type section

Type location

Its type locality is in the Power Plant Section (NW SW SW 21, 20N-12W).

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Stratigraphic relationships

In the Harmattan Strip Mine Section it overlies the Harmattan Till Member and is overlain by the Tilton Till Member.

Extent and thickness

The member is 14 feet thick in the Harmattan Strip Mine Section. It is best known in the Danville area, where it generally rests directly on the bedrock.

Lithology

The Hillery Till Member is reddish brown, calcareous, massive, hard till. The lower part is slightly darker, and the upper commonly contains streaks of silt.

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References

JOHNSON, W. H., D. L. GROSS, and S. R. MORAN, 1971, Till stratigraphy of the Danville region, east-central Illinois, in Till, A Symposium: Ohio State University Press, Columbus, p. 184-216; Illinois State Geological Survey Reprint 1972-I.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code Geo Unit Designation
1060
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