Historical:New Haven Coal 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 >>New Haven Coal Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Pennsylvanian Subsystem >>Missourian Series
Allostratigraphy: Absaroka Sequence

Authors

M. E. Hopkins and J. A. Simon

Name Origin

The New Haven Coal Member of the Modesto Formation (Kosanke, 1950, p. 88-89), the uppermost named member of the formation, is named for New Haven, Gallatin County.

Type Section

The type section is an outcrop along the Little Wabash River (SE SW SE 17, 7S-10E; incorrectly given as NW 19, 7S-10E, by Kosanke, 1950).

Correlation

It is correlated with a thin coal below the La Salle Limestone in northern Illinois and with the Parker Coal Member of Indiana.

Extent and Thickness

The New Haven is a thin coal, generally separated by only 1-2 feet of black fissile shale from the overlying Shoal Creek Limestone Member of the Bond Formation. It is widespread in southeastern, southwestern, and central Illinois and is absent in parts of eastern Illinois.

References

KOSANKE, R. M., 1950, Pennsylvanian spores of Illinois and their use in correlation: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 74, 128 p.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code Geo Unit Designation
2130
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