Reel Limestone Member
Lithostratigraphy: McLeansboro Group >>Bond Formation >>Reel Limestone Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Pennsylvanian Subsystem >>Missourian Series
Allostratigraphy: Absaroka Sequence
Primary source
Willman, H. B., Elwood Atherton, T. C. Buschbach, Charles Collinson, John C. Frye, M. E. Hopkins, Jerry A. Lineback, and Jack A. Simon, 1975, Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 95, 261 p.
Contributing author(s)
M. E. Hopkins and J. A. Simon
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Original description
The Reel Limestone Member of the Bond Formation (Worthen, 1875, p. 55).
Derivation
Named for Reel's Corner, Wabash County, (NE? 8, 1S-12W).
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Stratigraphic relationships
The Reel Limestone is the first limestone above the Shoal Creek Limestone and lies 85-100 feet above it. It is generally underlain by a thin, black fissile shale that directly overlies the Flannigan Coal.
Extent and thickness
The Reel Limestone occurs in eastern and southeastern Illinois, and is 1-3 feet thick.
Lithology
The Reel Limestone is dark gray.
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The Reel Limestone contains many small gastropods, pelecypods, brachiopods, and incrusting Foraminifera.
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References
WORTHEN, A. H., 1875, Geology and paleontology: Geological Survey of Illinois, v. 6, 532 p.
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