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Primary source[edit | edit 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)[edit | edit source]

M. E. Hopkins and J. A. Simon

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Original description[edit | edit source]

The Witt Coal Member of the Bond Formation (Gluskoter, ''in'' Kosanke et al., 1960, p. 43).

Derivation[edit | edit source]

Named for Witt, Montgomery County.

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The type section consists of exposures along the East Fork of Shoal Creek, about 6.5 miles south of Witt (NE NW SE 7, 8N-2W).

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Stratigraphic relationships[edit | edit source]

In the Witt type area the coal lies approximately 45 feet above the Flat Creek Coal.

Extent and thickness[edit | edit source]

The Witt Coal is generally less than 1 foot thick and is recognized only in southwestern Illinois.

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Age and correlation[edit | edit source]

It has been tentatively correlated with a persistent, unnamed, thin coal that occurs about 35 feet above the Reel Limestone throughout eastern and southeastern Illinois.

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Reference(s)[edit | edit source]

place a <pre><br></pre>at the end of a line to get a line return 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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