Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †Abbott Formation of †McCormick Group (IL*) reallocated to Tradewater Formation of Raccoon Creek Group. See Tradewater.)
Geologic age:
Early to Middle Pennsylvanian (Morrowan to Atokan)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: exposures along the Illinois Central RR, in secs. 5, 6, 7, 18, and 19, T. 11 S., R. 5 E., Harrisburg quadrangle, Pope Co., southeastern IL. Named from Abbott Station (Kosanke and others, 1960).
AAPG geologic province:
Illinois basin
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