Historical:Carlinville Limestone Member

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Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy
Series Bulletin 95
Author H. B. Willman, Elwood Atherton, T. C. Buschbach, Charles Collinson, John C. Frye, M. E. Hopkins, Jerry A. Lineback, Jack A. Simon
Date 1975
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Lithostratigraphy: McLeansboro Group >>Modesto Formation >>Carlinville Limestone Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Pennsylvanian Subsystem >>Missourian Series
Allostratigraphy: Absaroka Sequence

Authors

M. E. Hopkins and J. A. Simon

Name Origin

The Carlinville Limestone Member of the Modesto Formation (Worthen, 1873, p. 290-301) is named for Carlinville, Macoupin County.

Type Section

The type section consists of outcrops along Macoupin Creek (SW SW 35, 10N-7W) (Wanless, 1956, p. 11).

Extent and Thickness

The limestone is recognized only in part of southwestern Illinois, where it is thick-bedded, up to 5 feet thick.

Fossils

The Carlinville contains an open-marine fauna.

References

WANLESS, H. R., 1956, Classification of the Pennsylvanian rocks of Illinois as of 1956: Illinois State Geological Survey Circular 217, 14 p.
WORTHEN, A. H., 1873, Geology and paleontology: Geological Survey of Illinois, v. 5, 619 p.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code Geo Unit Designation
2230
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