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  • Usage in publication:
    • Boskydell marine horizon/limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Illinois basin
Publication:

Wanless, H.R., 1939, Pennsylvanian correlations in the Eastern Interior and Appalachian coal fields: Geological Society of America Special Paper, 17, 130 p.


Summary:

Boskydell marine horizon or limestone is described as a calcareous marine sandstone in the upper part of the Pottsville formation, between Finnie sandstone above and Willis coal below. Age is Pennsylvanian.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Boskydell sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Illinois basin
Publication:

Weller, J.M., Henbest, L.G., and Dunbar, C.O., 1942, Stratigraphy of the fusuline-bearing beds of Illinois, IN Dunbar, C.O., and Henbest, L.G., Pennsylvanian Fusulinidae of Illinois: Illinois Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 67, p. 9-34., [1943]


Summary:

Listed as Boskydell sandstone in Tradewater group.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • "Boskydell Sandstone"
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Illinois basin
Publication:

Peppers, R.A., 1993, Correlation of the "Boskydell Sandstone" and other sandstones containing marine fossils in southern Illinois using palynology of adjacent coal beds: Illinois Geological Survey Circular, no. 553, 18 p.


Summary:

Sandstones called the "Boskydell" in southern IL are brownish to reddish gray, fine to medium grained, and fossiliferous. They occur at several localities and are used as marker beds. The exact age has not been determined. Use of the name Boskydell Sandstone has been discouraged because it is likely that fossiliferous sandstones of different ages have been identified as Boskydell. Author of this report interprets ages of the sandstones by using palynology of coal beds lying closely below or above these sandstones. Age of the unit near the town of Boskydell and elsewhere in Jackson Co. is early Desmoinesian and is actually part of the golden sandstone of the Tradewater Formation. The fossiliferous marine facies similar to the Boskydell that occurs in the Murray Bluff Sandstone Member in Saline and Pope Cos. is late Atokan in age. A similar facies in Williamson Co. is early Atokan. Author recommends discontinuing the use of the name Boskydell.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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