Historical:Reel Limestone Member

	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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	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
Link	Web page
PDF	PDF file
Store	ISGS Store

Lithostratigraphy: McLeansboro Group >>Bond Formation >>Reel Limestone Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Pennsylvanian Subsystem >>Missourian Series
Allostratigraphy: Absaroka Sequence

Authors

M. E. Hopkins and J. A. Simon

Name Origin

The Reel Limestone Member of the Bond Formation (Worthen, 1875, p. 55) is named for Reel's Corner, Wabash County, (NE? 8, 1S-12W).

Extent and Thickness

The Reel Limestone occurs in eastern and southeastern Illinois, and is 1-3 feet thick.

Stratigraphic Position

The Reel Limestone is the first limestone above the Shoal Creek Limestone and lies 85-100 feet above it. It is generally underlain by a thin, black fissile shale that directly overlies the Flannigan Coal.

Description

The Reel Limestone is dark gray.

Fossils

The Reel Limestone contains many small gastropods, pelecypods, brachiopods, and incrusting Foraminifera.

References

WORTHEN, A. H., 1875, Geology and paleontology: Geological Survey of Illinois, v. 6, 532 p.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code	Geo Unit Designation
1950	--