Usage:
/Belgium Member of Banner Formation (IL)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Belgium Member of Lake Church Formation by Raasch (1935) in WI.]
Geologic age:
Pleistocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Harmattan Strip Mine No. 2, in SE/4 SW/4 SW/4 sec. 34, T. 20 N., R. 12 W., Danville, Vermilion Co., IL. Named from town of Belgium (Johnson, 1971).
AAPG geologic province:
Illinois basin
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