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Lithostratigraphy: Kewanee Group >>Spoon Formation >>Seelyville Coal Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Pennsylvanian Subsystem >>Desmoinesian 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 Seelyville Coal Member of the Spoon Formation (Kosanke et al., 1960, p. 33; incorrectly spelled "Seeleyville").
Derivation
Named for Seelyville, Vigo County, Indiana.
Other names
It was originally named Indiana Coal III (Ashley, 1899, p. 106-107) but informally called Seelyville in Indiana. In Indiana it is now called Seelyville Coal Member (III).
History/background
Type section
Type location
The type locality is in mines in Seelyville (12N-7 and 8W).
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Stratigraphic relationships
Extent and thickness
In Illinois the Seelyville is known primarily in Edgar, Clark, and Crawford Counties, where it as much as 6 feet thick. It occurs locally in southern Illinois between the De Koven and Colchester Coals.
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References
ASHLEY, G. H., 1899, Coal deposits of Indiana: Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources, 23rd Annual Report, 1898, p. 1-1573.
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.
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