Witt Coal Member
Lithostratigraphy: McLeansboro Group >>Bond Formation >>Witt Coal 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
Name
Original description
The Witt Coal Member of the Bond Formation (Gluskoter, in Kosanke et al., 1960, p. 43).
Derivation
Named for Witt, Montgomery County.
Other names
History/background
Type section
Type location
Type author(s)
The type section consists of exposures along the East Fork of Shoal Creek, about 6.5 miles south of Witt (NE NW SE 7, 8N-2W).
Type status
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Stratigraphic relationships
In the Witt type area the coal lies approximately 45 feet above the Flat Creek Coal.
Extent and thickness
The Witt Coal is generally less than 1 foot thick and is recognized only in southwestern Illinois.
Lithology
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Age and correlation
It has been tentatively correlated with a persistent, unnamed, thin coal that occurs about 35 feet above the Reel Limestone throughout eastern and southeastern Illinois.
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References
KOSANKE, R. M., J. A. SIMON, H. R. WANLESS, and H. B. WILLMAN, 1960, Classification of the Pennsylvanian strata of Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Report of Investigations 214, 84 p.
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