Historical:Jake Creek Sandstone Member

	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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	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
Link	Web page
PDF	PDF file
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Lithostratigraphy: Kewanee Group >>Carbondale Formation >>Jake Creek Sandstone Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Pennsylvanian Subsystem >>Desmoinesian Series
Allostratigraphy: Absaroka Sequence

Authors

M. E. Hopkins and J. A. Simon

Name Origin

The Jake Creek Sandstone Member of the Carbondale Formation (Wanless, 1957, p. 85, 89, 204) is named for Jake Creek in Fulton County.

Type Section

The type section is along the upper part of the creek (NE 13, 4N-1E).

Correlation

It may correlate with thin sandstones in the upper part of the Francis Creek Shale in other parts of the state.

Extent and Thickness

The Jake Creek is recognized only in western Illinois, where it attains a maximum thickness of 18 feet along a north-south belt about 1 mile wide and appears to be on top of the Francis Creek Shale.

References

WANLESS, H. R., 1957, Geology and mineral resources of the Beardstown, Glasford, Havana, and Vermont Quadrangles: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 82, 233 p.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code	Geo Unit Designation
2980	--