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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 Shawneetown Coal Member of the Carbondale Formation (Kosanke et al., 1960, p. 34-35).
Kosanke et al. (1960, p. 34–35) introduced the name “Shawneetown Coal Member” (of the Carbondale Formation) for the lower of two coals previously called No. 2A coal in southern Illinois.  


===Derivation===
===Derivation===
Named for Shawneetown, Gallatin County.
One of the oldest communities in Illinois, Shawneetown was founded in 1810 on the bank of the Ohio River in Gallatin County.  


===Other names===
===Other names===
 
Harrison (1951, p. 15) used the name “No. 2A coal bed” for one or two thin layers of coal that occur between the No. 2 (Colchester) and No. 4 (Houchin Creek) Coal Members in Gallatin and White Counties, southern Illinois.
===History&#47;background===


==Type section==
==Type section==


===Type location===
===Type location===
In Shawneetown, the type section is at a depth of 482.6 feet (erroneously given originally as 543.8 feet) in Union Colliery Company drill hole 28 (NW SW NW 23, 9S-9E) (Peppers, 1970, p. 43).
Core from Union Colliery Co. test hole #28, drilled in NW¼ SW¼ NW¼ sec. 23, T 9 S, R 9 E, Gallatin County, Illinois. Kosanke et al. (1960) designated coal at a depth of 543 ft 10 in. (165.8 m) to be the Shawneetown, but the depth is erroneous; coal at that depth is the Colchester. Coal 2 ft 2 in. (65 cm) thick in the depth interval from 482 ft 7 in. to 484 ft 9 in. (147.1 to 147.8 m) was probably intended to be the type Shawneetown.  


===Type author&#40;s&#41;===
===Type author&#40;s&#41;===
Kosanke et al. (1960, p. 34–35).


===Type status===
===Type status===
Core is archived at the ISGS Geological Samples Library under call number C-2639.


==Reference section==
==Reference section==
 
None.
===Reference location===
 
===Reference author&#40;s&#41;===
 
===Reference status===


==Stratigraphic relationships==
==Stratigraphic relationships==
It is the upper of two coals in southeastern Illinois lying between the Colchester (No. 2) and Summum (No. 4) Coals that had previously been called Coal 2A.
Jacobson et al. (1985) correlated the Shawneetown Coal with the [[Survant Coal Member]] of Indiana on the basis of physical characteristics, the tracing of beds through the subsurface, and the palynological analysis by Russel A. Peppers. Because the name Survant has priority of naming over Shawneetown, Jacobson et al. (1985) abandoned the latter name in favor of the former.  
 
==Extent and thickness==
The Shawneetown Coal is persistent in southern and eastern Illinois, but is known to crop out only in a strip mine near Mitchellsville, Saline County. It normally is thin, but in a few scattered drill holes it has been reported to be as much as 8 feet thick.
 
==Lithology==
It is overlain by dark shale and underlain by underclay.
 
==Core&#40;s&#41;==
 
==Photograph&#40;s&#41;==
 
==Contacts==
 
==Well log characteristics==
 
==Fossils==
 
==Age and correlation==
It is correlated with the Lowell Coal of northern and western Illinois and with the Survant Coal Member (IV) in eastern Indiana.
 
==Environments of deposition==
 
==Economic importance==
 
==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>
*Harrison, J.A., 1951, Subsurface geology and coal resources of the Pennsylvanian System in White County, Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey, Report of Investigations 153, 40 p., 3 pls.<br>
PEPPERS, R. A., 1970, Correlation and palynology of coals in the Carbondale and Spoon Formations (Pennsylvanian) of the northeastern part of the Illinois Basin: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 93, 173 p.<br>
*Jacobson, R.J., C.B. Trask, C.H. Ault, D.D. Carr, H.H. Gray, W.A. Hasenmueller, D. Williams, and A.D. Williamson, 1985, Unifying nomenclature of the Pennsylvanian System in the Illinois Basin: Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science, v. 78, no. 1–2, p. 1–11.<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>


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Revision as of 20:44, 10 February 2021

Lithostratigraphy: Carbondale Formation >>Shawneetown Coal Member
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

Kosanke et al. (1960, p. 34–35) introduced the name “Shawneetown Coal Member” (of the Carbondale Formation) for the lower of two coals previously called No. 2A coal in southern Illinois.

Derivation

One of the oldest communities in Illinois, Shawneetown was founded in 1810 on the bank of the Ohio River in Gallatin County.

Other names

Harrison (1951, p. 15) used the name “No. 2A coal bed” for one or two thin layers of coal that occur between the No. 2 (Colchester) and No. 4 (Houchin Creek) Coal Members in Gallatin and White Counties, southern Illinois.

Type section

Type location

Core from Union Colliery Co. test hole #28, drilled in NW¼ SW¼ NW¼ sec. 23, T 9 S, R 9 E, Gallatin County, Illinois. Kosanke et al. (1960) designated coal at a depth of 543 ft 10 in. (165.8 m) to be the Shawneetown, but the depth is erroneous; coal at that depth is the Colchester. Coal 2 ft 2 in. (65 cm) thick in the depth interval from 482 ft 7 in. to 484 ft 9 in. (147.1 to 147.8 m) was probably intended to be the type Shawneetown.

Type author(s)

Kosanke et al. (1960, p. 34–35).

Type status

Core is archived at the ISGS Geological Samples Library under call number C-2639.

Reference section

None.

Stratigraphic relationships

Jacobson et al. (1985) correlated the Shawneetown Coal with the Survant Coal Member of Indiana on the basis of physical characteristics, the tracing of beds through the subsurface, and the palynological analysis by Russel A. Peppers. Because the name Survant has priority of naming over Shawneetown, Jacobson et al. (1985) abandoned the latter name in favor of the former.

References

  • Harrison, J.A., 1951, Subsurface geology and coal resources of the Pennsylvanian System in White County, Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey, Report of Investigations 153, 40 p., 3 pls.
  • Jacobson, R.J., C.B. Trask, C.H. Ault, D.D. Carr, H.H. Gray, W.A. Hasenmueller, D. Williams, and A.D. Williamson, 1985, Unifying nomenclature of the Pennsylvanian System in the Illinois Basin: Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science, v. 78, no. 1–2, p. 1–11.
  • 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.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code Geo Unit Designation
2940
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