Historical:Galum Limestone Member

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Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy
Series Bulletin 95
Author H. B. Willman, Elwood Atherton, T. C. Buschbach, Charles Collinson, John C. Frye, M. E. Hopkins, Jerry A. Lineback, Jack A. Simon
Date 1975
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Lithostratigraphy: Kewanee Group >>Carbondale Formation >>Galum Limestone Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Pennsylvanian Subsystem >>Desmoinesian Series
Allostratigraphy: Absaroka Sequence

Authors

M. E. Hopkins and J. A. Simon

Name Origin

The Galum Limestone Member of the Carbondale Formation (Bell et al., 1931, p. 3) is named for Galum Creek, Perry County.

Type Section

The type section occurs along Galum Creek (near cen. N line 13, 6S-4W) (Wanless, 1956, p. 11).

Extent and Thickness

It is recognized only in and near Perry County, and is seldom more than 3 feet thick.

Stratigraphic Position

It is overlain by the underclay of the Danville (No. 7) Coal and underlain by a few feet of greenish gray shale that separates the Galum from the Bankston Fork Limestone.

Description

It is generally an impure, argillaceous, nodular, nonfossiliferous limestone.

References

BELL, A. H., C. G. BALL, and L. C. MCCABE, 1931, Geology of the Pinckneyville and Jamestown areas, Perry County, Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Illinois Petroleum 19, 22 p.
WANLESS, H. R., 1956, Classification of the Pennsylvanian rocks of Illinois as of 1956: Illinois State Geological Survey Circular 217, 14 p.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code Geo Unit Designation
2500
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