Tilton Till Member

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Lithostratigraphy: Banner Formation >>Tilton Till Member
Chronostratigraphy: Cenozoic Erathem >>Quaternary System >>Pleistocene Series

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)

John C. Frye and H. B. Willman

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Original description

Tilton Till Member, Banner Formation (Johnson et al., 1971, p. 196).

Derivation

Named for Tilton, Vermilion County.

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Type location

The type locality is the School House Branch Section (SE NE NE 2, 19N-12W).

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Stratigraphic relationships

The Tilton Till is commonly overlain at the top by a truncated weathered zone, or an oxidized zone, and in the Harmattan Strip Mine Section it overlies the Hillery Till Member.

Extent and thickness

In Vermilion County the member is about 15 feet thick.

Lithology

Where unoxidized, the Tilton Till Member is gray, calcareous, hard, silty, sandy till. The unit contains considerable silt, sand, and gravel, particularly near the upper and lower boundaries.

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References

JOHNSON, W. H., D. L. GROSS, and S. R. MORAN, 1971, Till stratigraphy of the Danville region, east-central Illinois, in Till, A Symposium: Ohio State University Press, Columbus, p. 184-216; Illinois State Geological Survey Reprint 1972-I.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code Geo Unit Designation
1050
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