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  • Usage in publication:
    • Leemon Formation*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Illinois basin
Publication:

Harrison, R.W., 1999, Geologic map of the Thebes quadrangle, Missouri and Illinois: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map, GQ-1779, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000 [http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_19294.htm]


Summary:

Leemon Formation mapped undivided with Girardeau Limestone in IL. Consists of coarse-grained oolitic limestone, green shale, and conglomerate. Conglomerate contains rounded clasts of Girardeau Limestone. Crops out only along east bank of Mississippi River just north of Thebes, IL. Age refined to Cincinnatian.

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


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