Historical:Tilton Till 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
Store	ISGS Store

Lithostratigraphy: Banner Formation >>Tilton Till Member
Chronostratigraphy: Cenozoic Erathem >>Quaternary System >>Pleistocene Series

Authors

John C. Frye and H. B. Willman

Name Origin

The Tilton Till Member of the Banner Formation (Johnson et al., 1971, p. 196) is named for Tilton, Vermilion County.

Type Section

The type locality is the School House Branch Section (SE NE NE 2, 19N-12W).

Extent and Thickness

In Vermilion County the member is about 15 feet thick.

Stratigraphic Position

The Tilton Till is commonly overlain at the top by a truncated weathered zone, or an oxidized zone, and in the Harmattan Strip Mine Section it overlies the Hillery Till Member.

Description

Where unoxidized, the Tilton Till Member is gray, calcareous, hard, silty, sandy till. The unit contains considerable silt, sand, and gravel, particularly near the upper and lower boundaries.

References

JOHNSON, W. H., D. L. GROSS, and S. R. MORAN, 1971, Till stratigraphy of the Danville region, east-central Illinois, in Till, A Symposium: Ohio State University Press, Columbus, p. 184-216; Illinois State Geological Survey Reprint 1972-I.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code	Geo Unit Designation
1050	--