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'''The Roodhouse coal is demoted from a formal member to an informal name and is considered to be the [[Survant Coal Member]].'''<br>
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==Primary source==
==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.
Nelson, W.J., 2020, Pennsylvanian Subsystem in Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin (in press). <br>
Edited and figures drafted by Jennifer M. Obrad.


==Contributing author&#40;s&#41;==
==Contributing author&#40;s&#41;==
M. E. Hopkins and J. A. Simon
W.J. Nelson


==Name==
==Name==


===Original description===
===Original description===
The Roodhouse Coal Member of the Carbondale Formation (Siever, ''in'' Wanless, 1956, correlation chart, pl. 1).
Little has been published about this coal. Wanless (1956) showed it on a chart; Wanless (1957, p. 98) briefly noted the coal at Roodhouse and compared it to the Kerton Creek. Kosanke et al. (1960) elevated Roodhouse Coal to a formal member of the Carbondale Formation. Smith (1961) observed that the Roodhouse Coal ranged up to 8 ft (2.4 m) thick and was partly canneloid. Smith located the Roodhouse below the Houchin Creek and about 30 ft (9 m) above the Colchester Coal.  


===Derivation===
===Derivation===
Named for Roodhouse, Greene County.
In 1866, John Roodhouse founded the Greene County, Illinois, town that bears his name as a division point on the Alton Railroad (Callary 2009). “Rood” is an old term for the Christian cross.  


===Other names===
===Other names===
 
None.
===History&#47;background===


==Type section==
==Type section==
 
[[file:Penn_carbondale_4-40.jpg|250px|{{file:Penn_carbondale_4-40.jpg}}|thumb]]
===Type location===
===Type location===
Roodhouse is near the type section (NW 21, 12N-11W) (Kosanke et al., 1960, p. 35, 47).
Southeast of Roodhouse, in the NW¼ of sec. 21, T 12 N, R 11 W, Greene County, Illinois. No description has heretofore appeared in print. A composite section from the type area, based on unpublished field notes by G.H. Cady, T.A. Hendricks, J.R. Van Pelt Jr., and H.R. Wanless (in the ISGS Library), is presented here (Figure 4-40).


===Type author&#40;s&#41;===
===Type author&#40;s&#41;===
Kosanke et al. (1960).


===Type status===
===Type status===
Unknown.


==Reference section==
==Reference section==
None.


===Reference location===
==Stratigraphic relationships==
Like the [[Cardiff coal bed]] and the [[Kerton Creek coal bed]], the Roodhouse is a channel deposit. Smith (1961) reported that the Roodhouse lies about 30 ft (9 m) above the Colchester and an unspecified distance below the Houchin Creek. The only known deposit is elongate east–west, but its dimensions are poorly constrained.<br>


===Reference author&#40;s&#41;===
The Roodhouse is believed to be another example of overthickened [[Survant Coal Member]] that originated as peat within an abandoned fluvial channel. The presence of two coal layers separated by shale or claystone implies that both the Wheeler and Bevier Coal Beds are present. Accordingly, the name “Roodhouse Coal Member” should be dropped from formal usage, although the term “Roodhouse coal bed” may be used informally to refer to the deposit in the type area.  
 
===Reference status===
 
==Stratigraphic relationships==
It directly overlies the Pleasantview Sandstone, without an underclay.


==Extent and thickness==
==Extent and thickness==
Smith (1961, p. 17) reported that the unit occurs only in parts of Secs. 19, 20, and 21 of T12N, R11W, Greene County. Unpublished field notes (cited under Type Section) reveal that the coal occupied a narrow trough-like depression oriented east–west.


==Lithology==
==Lithology==
The coal is canneloid and, like the Kerton Creek Coal of southern Fulton County, occurs immediately above a channel facies of the Pleasantview Sandstone, apparently in channels that were not completely filled by the sandstone (Wanless, 1957, p. 98). The coal is as much as 5 feet thick near the center of the channels but is not present outside them.
Unpublished field notes depict two coal beds separated by soft claystone or gray shale 0.5 to 6 ft (15 to 180 cm) thick. The lower coal, which was mined, was as thick as 6.5 ft (nearly 200 cm) along the axis of the trough. The lower Roodhouse was called “block coal” because it broke out in large, cubic blocks bounded by joint faces. G.H. Cady (unpublished field notes, 1927) described it as “predominantly dull—with only fine bright streaks. Either cannel or very high in ash.” No details are available on the upper Roodhouse, which averaged about 2 ft (60 cm) thick.<br>
 
Overlying the trend of thick Roodhouse coal, the Houchin Creek Coal, “with thickness of 3 ft [0.9 m] or more, is probably limited to about the same basin as the block coal below” (H.R. Wanless, field notes, 1934). The Kerton Creek and Houchin Creek coals likewise thicken in concert.  


==Core&#40;s&#41;==
==Core&#40;s&#41;==
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==Contacts==
==Contacts==
As indicated by field notes, boundaries of the coal deposit are sharp.


==Well log characteristics==
==Well log characteristics==
No geophysical log showing the Roodhouse coal is known.


==Fossils==
==Fossils==
Published reports do not mention any fossils.


==Age and correlation==
==Age and correlation==
It probably correlates with the Kerton Creek Coal in Fulton County.
The Roodhouse coal is here considered to be the [[Survant Coal Member]], comprising both the Wheeler and Bevier Coal Beds with a medial claystone or shale layer.  


==Environments of deposition==
==Environments of deposition==
The coal at Roodhouse represents peat that accumulated in an abandoned channel that was subsequently drowned during a marine transgression. Both the Wheeler and Bevier Coal Beds probably are represented. A rise in sea level drowned the channel and left marine shale and limestone. Subsequent compaction maintained the linear depression during deposition of Houchin Creek peat and overlying sediments. Notice (Figure 4-40) that the shale above the Houchin Creek in the Roodhouse area is not the typical black, sheety Excello Shale.


==Economic importance==
==Economic importance==
Mines that worked this deposit were small, local affairs. The extent of the deposit is unknown but probably is small.


==Remarks==
==Remarks==


==References==
==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.<br>
*Callary, E., 2009, Place names of Illinois: Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 425 p.<br>
WANLESS, H. R., 1956, Classification of the Pennsylvanian rocks of Illinois as of 1956: Illinois State Geological Survey Circular 217, 14 p.<br>
*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. and 1 pl.<br>
WANLESS, H. R., 1957, Geology and mineral resources of the Beardstown, Glasford, Havana, and Vermont Quadrangles: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 82, 233 p.
*Smith, W.H., 1961, Strippable coal reserves of Illinois, Part 3, Madison, Macoupin, Jersey, Greene, Scott, Morgan, and Cass Counties: Illinois State Geological Survey, Circular 311, 40 p.<br>
*Wanless, H.R., 1956, Classification of the Pennsylvanian rocks of Illinois as of 1956: Illinois State Geological Survey, Circular 217, 14 p.<br>
*Wanless, H.R., 1957, Geology and mineral resources of the Beardstown, Glasford, Havana, and Vermont Quadrangles: Illinois State Geological Survey, Bulletin 82, 233 p.<br>


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Revision as of 21:50, 15 February 2021

The Roodhouse coal is demoted from a formal member to an informal name and is considered to be the Survant Coal Member.
Lithostratigraphy: Carbondale Formation >>Roodhouse coal bed
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Pennsylvanian Subsystem >>Desmoinesian Series
Allostratigraphy: Absaroka Sequence

Primary source

Nelson, W.J., 2020, Pennsylvanian Subsystem in Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin (in press).
Edited and figures drafted by Jennifer M. Obrad.

Contributing author(s)

W.J. Nelson

Name

Original description

Little has been published about this coal. Wanless (1956) showed it on a chart; Wanless (1957, p. 98) briefly noted the coal at Roodhouse and compared it to the Kerton Creek. Kosanke et al. (1960) elevated Roodhouse Coal to a formal member of the Carbondale Formation. Smith (1961) observed that the Roodhouse Coal ranged up to 8 ft (2.4 m) thick and was partly canneloid. Smith located the Roodhouse below the Houchin Creek and about 30 ft (9 m) above the Colchester Coal.

Derivation

In 1866, John Roodhouse founded the Greene County, Illinois, town that bears his name as a division point on the Alton Railroad (Callary 2009). “Rood” is an old term for the Christian cross.

Other names

None.

Type section

Figure 4-40. Composite section of Roodhouse Coal, based on ISGS unpublished field notes by G.H. Cady, T.A. Hendricks, J.R. Van Pelt Jr., and H.R. Wanless. © University of Illinois Board of Trustees.

Type location

Southeast of Roodhouse, in the NW¼ of sec. 21, T 12 N, R 11 W, Greene County, Illinois. No description has heretofore appeared in print. A composite section from the type area, based on unpublished field notes by G.H. Cady, T.A. Hendricks, J.R. Van Pelt Jr., and H.R. Wanless (in the ISGS Library), is presented here (Figure 4-40).

Type author(s)

Kosanke et al. (1960).

Type status

Unknown.

Reference section

None.

Stratigraphic relationships

Like the Cardiff coal bed and the Kerton Creek coal bed, the Roodhouse is a channel deposit. Smith (1961) reported that the Roodhouse lies about 30 ft (9 m) above the Colchester and an unspecified distance below the Houchin Creek. The only known deposit is elongate east–west, but its dimensions are poorly constrained.

The Roodhouse is believed to be another example of overthickened Survant Coal Member that originated as peat within an abandoned fluvial channel. The presence of two coal layers separated by shale or claystone implies that both the Wheeler and Bevier Coal Beds are present. Accordingly, the name “Roodhouse Coal Member” should be dropped from formal usage, although the term “Roodhouse coal bed” may be used informally to refer to the deposit in the type area.

Extent and thickness

Smith (1961, p. 17) reported that the unit occurs only in parts of Secs. 19, 20, and 21 of T12N, R11W, Greene County. Unpublished field notes (cited under Type Section) reveal that the coal occupied a narrow trough-like depression oriented east–west.

Lithology

Unpublished field notes depict two coal beds separated by soft claystone or gray shale 0.5 to 6 ft (15 to 180 cm) thick. The lower coal, which was mined, was as thick as 6.5 ft (nearly 200 cm) along the axis of the trough. The lower Roodhouse was called “block coal” because it broke out in large, cubic blocks bounded by joint faces. G.H. Cady (unpublished field notes, 1927) described it as “predominantly dull—with only fine bright streaks. Either cannel or very high in ash.” No details are available on the upper Roodhouse, which averaged about 2 ft (60 cm) thick.

Overlying the trend of thick Roodhouse coal, the Houchin Creek Coal, “with thickness of 3 ft [0.9 m] or more, is probably limited to about the same basin as the block coal below” (H.R. Wanless, field notes, 1934). The Kerton Creek and Houchin Creek coals likewise thicken in concert.

Core(s)

Photograph(s)

Contacts

As indicated by field notes, boundaries of the coal deposit are sharp.

Well log characteristics

No geophysical log showing the Roodhouse coal is known.

Fossils

Published reports do not mention any fossils.

Age and correlation

The Roodhouse coal is here considered to be the Survant Coal Member, comprising both the Wheeler and Bevier Coal Beds with a medial claystone or shale layer.

Environments of deposition

The coal at Roodhouse represents peat that accumulated in an abandoned channel that was subsequently drowned during a marine transgression. Both the Wheeler and Bevier Coal Beds probably are represented. A rise in sea level drowned the channel and left marine shale and limestone. Subsequent compaction maintained the linear depression during deposition of Houchin Creek peat and overlying sediments. Notice (Figure 4-40) that the shale above the Houchin Creek in the Roodhouse area is not the typical black, sheety Excello Shale.

Economic importance

Mines that worked this deposit were small, local affairs. The extent of the deposit is unknown but probably is small.

Remarks

References

  • Callary, E., 2009, Place names of Illinois: Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 425 p.
  • 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. and 1 pl.
  • Smith, W.H., 1961, Strippable coal reserves of Illinois, Part 3, Madison, Macoupin, Jersey, Greene, Scott, Morgan, and Cass Counties: Illinois State Geological Survey, Circular 311, 40 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.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code Geo Unit Designation
2860
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