Athensville Coal Member
Lithostratigraphy: McLeansboro Group >>Modesto Formation >>Athensville 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 Athensville Coal Member of the Modesto Formation (Kosanke et al., 1960, p. 37).
Derivation
Named for Athensville, Greene County.
Other names
It previously was called Upper Scottville (Kosanke, 1950, p. 85).
History/background
Type section
Type location
The type section consists of exposures near the town (SE NW SW 16, 12N-9W, Macoupin County).
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Type status
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Stratigraphic relationships
The Athensville Coal generally lies less than 10 feet below the Scottville Limestone.
Extent and thickness
It occurs in southwestern Illinois.
Lithology
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Age and correlation
It may correlate with the Lake Creek Coal of southern Illinois.
Environments of deposition
Economic importance
Remarks
References
KOSANKE, R. M., 1950, Pennsylvanian spores of Illinois and their use in correlation: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 74, 128 p.
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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