Historical:Woodbury 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 >>Mattoon Formation >>Woodbury Limestone Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Pennsylvanian Subsystem >>Virgilian Series
Allostratigraphy: Absaroka Sequence

Authors

M. E. Hopkins and J. A. Simon

Name Origin

The Woodbury Limestone Member of the Mattoon Formation (Newton and Weller, 1937, p. 9, 28-30) is named for Woodbury, Cumberland County.

Type Section

The type section consists of exposures on a tributary to Webster Branch about 2 miles southwest of Woodbury (S 1/2 SE 32, 9N-8E).

Extent and Thickness

The Woodbury has not been recognized outside the type area.

Description

In the type section the Woodbury is a hard, gray, calcareous ironstone layer 3-4 inches thick that contains numerous brachiopods, crinoids, and a few corals. It is separated from an underlying 5-inch coal by a few inches of black coaly shale.

References

NEWTON, W. A., and J. M. WELLER, 1937, Stratigraphic studies of Pennsylvanian outcrops in part of southeastern Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Report of Investigations 45, 31 p.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code Geo Unit Designation
1590
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