Burroughs Limestone Member

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Lithostratigraphy: McLeansboro Group >>Modesto Formation >>Burroughs Limestone Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Pennsylvanian Subsystem >>Missourian 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 Burroughs Limestone Member of the Modesto Formation (Ball, in Cooper, 1946, p. 12; 1952, p. 37, 38, 85; Kosanke et al., 1960, p. 38).

Derivation

Named for Burroughs Branch, a tributary of Macoupin Creek, in Macoupin County.

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History/background

Type section

Type location

The type section consists of outcrops along the branch on the west side of Carlinville (NW SW 27, 10N-7W).

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Type status

Reference section

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Stratigraphic relationships

Its position is 14-17 feet above the Carlinville Limestone and 18 feet or less below the Macoupin Limestone.

Extent and thickness

The Burroughs is recognized in only a small area in west-central Illinois, where it ranges from a fraction of an inch to more than 5 feet thick.

Lithology

The Burroughs is a dark gray, sandy, clastic limestone.

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Well log characteristics

Fossils

It contains crinoid columnals and brachiopods.

Age and correlation

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Economic importance

Remarks

References

BALL, J. R., 1952, Geology and mineral resources of the Carlinville Quadrangle: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 77, 110 p.
COOPER, C. L., 1946, Pennsylvanian ostracodes of Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 70, 177 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.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code Geo Unit Designation
2200
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