https://ilstratwiki.web.illinois.edu/index.php?title=Wise_Ridge_Coal_Member&feed=atom&action=historyWise Ridge Coal Member - Revision history2024-03-29T09:34:36ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.38.4https://ilstratwiki.web.illinois.edu/index.php?title=Wise_Ridge_Coal_Member&diff=16336&oldid=prevJennifer.Obrad at 16:55, 27 January 20172017-01-27T16:55:57Z<p></p>
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==Primary source==<br />
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.<br />
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==Contributing author&#40;s&#41;==<br />
M. E. Hopkins and J. A. Simon <br />
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==Name==<br />
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===Original description===<br />
The Wise Ridge Coal Member of the Spoon Formation (Kosanke et al., 1960, p. 33).<br />
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===Derivation===<br />
Named for Wise Ridge, a hill about 3 miles west of the type section.<br />
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===Other names===<br />
It previously was called the Stonefort Coal (Wanless, 1939, p. 30, 103).<br />
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===History&#47;background===<br />
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==Type section==<br />
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===Type location===<br />
The type section is a roadcut in Stonefort, Williamson County (NE SE 25, 10S-4E).<br />
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==Stratigraphic relationships==<br />
It is commonly separated from the Stonefort Limestone (above) by 1-2 feet of black fissile shale.<br />
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==Extent and thickness==<br />
The coal is lenticular but is widely present in southern Illinois. It is generally less than 3 feet thick and is very thin at some places. <br />
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==References==<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.<br><br />
WANLESS, H. R., 1939, Pennsylvanian correlations in the Eastern Interior and Appalachian coal fields: Geological Society of America Special Paper 17, 130 p.<br />
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