Macoupin Limestone Member

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

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

Name

Original description

The Macoupin Limestone Member of the Modesto Formation (Wanless, 1931b, p. 810-811).

Derivation

Named for Macoupin Creek in Macoupin County.

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History/background

Type section

Type location

The type section is exposed along Macoupin Creek (NE NW 2, 9N-7W) (Wanless, 1956, p. 11; Ball, 1952, p. 85-86).

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Extent and thickness

It is a widespread unit, found throughout much of the Illinois Basin. The limestone is generally less than 2 but locally as much as 5 feet thick.

Lithology

In the type area it is composed of thin, even beds of crinoidal limestone separated in places by shale partings. Most of it is dark gray and very argillaceous.

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References

BALL, J. R., 1952, Geology and mineral resources of the Carlinville Quadrangle: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 77, 110 p.
WANLESS, H. R., 1931b, Pennsylvanian section in western Illinois: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 42, p. 801-812.
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
2170
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