Hegeler Till Member
Lithostratigraphy: Banner Formation >>Hegeler 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
Name
Original description
Hegeler Till Member, Banner Formation (Johnson, 1971, p. 8).
Derivation
Named for the town of Hegeler, Vermilion County.
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History/background
Type section
Type location
The type section is in the Harmattan Strip Mine No. 2 (SE SW SW 34, 20N-12W).
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Stratigraphic relationships
It is known in only the one locality, where it rests on rocks of Pennsylvanian age and is overlain by the Belgium Member.
Extent and thickness
It is up to 8 feet thick, greenish gray, weakly calcareous, generally massive, and compact.
Lithology
The unit consists of two zones; the lower is outwash with gravelly till and the upper is silty till.
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References
JOHNSON, W. H., 1971, Old glacial drift near Danville, Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Circular 457, 16 p.
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