Historical:Vergennes 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
Store	ISGS Store

Lithostratigraphy: Kewanee Group >>Spoon Formation >>Vergennes Sandstone Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Pennsylvanian Subsystem >>Desmoinesian Series
Allostratigraphy: Absaroka Sequence

Authors

M. E. Hopkins and J. A. Simon

Name Origin

The Vergennes Sandstone Member of the Spoon Formation (Shaw and Savage, 1912, p. 7) is named for Vergennes, Jackson County.

Type Section

The type locality is near the town of Vergennes (N 1/2 11, 7S-3W).

Correlation

The name Vergennes has not been extended beyond the type area, and recent studies by T. K. Searight suggest that the Vergennes may be equivalent to the Palzo Sandstone.

Extent and Thickness

The outcrops indicate that the Vergennes is a channel sandstone at least 30 feet thick, but units above and below it are poorly exposed and its stratigraphic position is in question.

References

SHAW, E. W., and T. E. SAVAGE, 1912, Murphysboro and Herrin Quadrangles: USGS Geological Atlas Folio 185, 15 p.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code	Geo Unit Designation
3280	--