Manley Coal Member

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Lithostratigraphy: McCormick Group >>Abbott Formation >>Manley Coal Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Pennsylvanian Subsystem >>Atokan 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 Manley Coal Member of the Abbott Formation (Kosanke et al., 1960, p. 31).

Derivation

Named for Manley, Fulton County.

Other names

The Manley Coal was previously called the Babylon Coal (Wanless, 1931a, p. 189-190, 192-193).

History/background

Type section

Type location

The Manley shares the type locality of the Babylon Sandstone Member (Wanless, 1957, p. 66, 205).

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Stratigraphic relationships

Extent and thickness

The Manley Coal is widely distributed in western Illinois but occurs sporadically. It ranges up to 4 feet thick and has been mined in a few places. The Manley has not been identified in southern Illinois.

Lithology

It varies from banded coal to cannel coal, and at one mine in Fulton County cannel coal 2.5-3 feet thick was once mined (Wanless, 1957).

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Age and correlation

It is correlated with the Shady Lane Coal Member of Indiana.

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Remarks

References

KOSANKE, R. M., J. A. SIMON, H. R. WANLESS, and H. B. WILLMAN, 1960, Classification of the Pennsylvanian strata of Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Report of Investigations 214, 84 p.
WANLESS, H. R., 1931a, Pennsylvanian cycles in western Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 60, 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.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code Geo Unit Designation
3650
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