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  • Usage in publication:
    • Creal Springs sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Illinois basin
Publication:

Smith, W.H., 1957, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Pope, Saline, and Williamson Counties, Part 1; Strippable coal reserves of Illinois: Illinois Geological Survey Circular, no. 228, 39 p.


Summary:

Pg. 8 (fig. 2), 9. Creal Springs sandstone of Tradewater group. Sandstone overlying Upper New Burnside coal and immediately underlying Curlew limestone. Name credited to P.E. Potter (unpub. ms., 1957). Age is Pennsylvanian.
Exposed in vicinity of Creal Springs, in T. 10 S., R. 3 E. Johnson Co., southern IL.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 978).


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