Pope Creek Coal Member
Lithostratigraphy: McCormick Group >>Abbott Formation >>Pope Creek 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 Pope Creek Coal Member of the Abbott Formation (Wanless, 1931a, p. 189-190, 192).
Derivation
Named for Pope Creek in Mercer County.
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History/background
Type section
Type location
The type locality is along Pope Creek (cen. 33, 14N-2W) (Wanless, 1929, p. 52; 1956, p. 9).
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Stratigraphic relationships
The upper part of the coal is truncated in places by the Bernadotte Sandstone, but more commonly the coal is overlain by a gray shale several feet thick.
Extent and thickness
The Pope Creek Coal is widespread in the western Illinois outcrop belt, where it is as much as 3 feet thick and averages about 1 foot (Wanless, 1957).
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Age and correlation
The Pope Creek has been correlated with the Delwood Coal of southern Illinois, the Upper Block Coal Member of Indiana, and the No. 3 (Ice House) coal of western Kentucky.
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References
WANLESS, H. R., 1929, Geology and mineral resources of the Alexis Quadrangle: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 57, 230 p.
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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