Historical:Seahorne Limestone Member
Lithostratigraphy: Kewanee Group >>Spoon Formation >>Seahorne Limestone Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Pennsylvanian Subsystem >>Desmoinesian Series
Allostratigraphy: Absaroka Sequence
Authors
M. E. Hopkins and J. A. Simon
Name Origin
The Seahorne Limestone Member of the Spoon Formation (Wanless, 1931a, p. 191) is named for Seahorne Branch in Fulton County.
Type Section
The type section consists of exposures along the Seahorne Branch stream (S 1/2 SE 5, 3N-3E) (Wanless, 1956, p. 9; 1957, p. 76, 200).
Extent and Thickness
The Seahorne is best known in western Illinois, where it varies from limestone nodules in claystone to a solid ledge of limestone more than 6 feet thick. The Seahorne is not persistent but occurs at many places in Illinois and adjacent states.
Description
It is usually light gray. In some places it is conglomeratic or brecciated and consists of dark gray fragments that contain abundant brachiopods embedded in a light gray matrix that is dominated by a diverse gastropod fauna. Another fauna, Spirorbis and ostracodes, is found at places and is generally considered nonmarine. It is the caprock of the Tebo coal in Missouri (Wanless, 1957).
References
WANLESS, H. R., 1931a, Pennsylvanian cycles in western Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 60, p.
WANLESS, H. R., 1956, Classification of the Pennsylvanian rocks of Illinois as of 1956: Illinois State Geological Survey Circular 217, 14 p.
WANLESS, H. R., 1957, Geology and mineral resources of the Beardstown, Glasford, Havana, and Vermont Quadrangles: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 82, 233 p.
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