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  • Usage in publication:
    • Browning sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • 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:

Pg. 26, 78. Browning sandstone in Carbondale formation. Eastward-trending channel sandstone in lower Carbondale, about 5 feet below Colchester (No. 2) coal. Deposits locally truncate lower Carbondale and Pottsville strata and rest on pre-Pennsylvanian. Present in western Illinois. Age is Pennsylvanian.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 496).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Browning sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Principal reference
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Illinois basin
Publication:

Wanless, H.R., 1956, Classification of the Pennsylvanian rocks of Illinois as of 1956, [with Correlation chart compiled by Raymond Siever]: Illinois Geological Survey Circular, no. 217, 14 p.


Summary:

Pg. 10. Browning sandstone in Carbondale formation. Type locality stated.
Type locality: in sec. 18, T. 2 N., R. 1 E., Browning Twp., Schuyler Co., western IL.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 496).


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

Kosanke, R.M., Simon, J.A., Wanless, H.R., and Willman, H.B., 1960, Classification of the Pennsylvanian strata of Illinois: Illinois Geological Survey Report of Investigations, no. 214, 84 p.


Summary:

Pg. 33, 46 (table 1), 62, pl. 1. Browning sandstone member of Spoon formation (new) of Kewanee group (new). Reallocated to member status in Spoon formation. Stratigraphically above Abingdon coal member. Thickness 8 feet 9 inches. Present in western Illinois. Age is Pennsylvanian. Report presents new rock-stratigraphic classification of Pennsylvanian strata in Illinois. Cyclical classification retained but is entirely independent of rock-stratigraphic classification.

Source: Publication; US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 496).


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