Usage:
Babylon Sandstone Member of Tradewater Formation of Raccoon Creek Group (IL-local)
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Atokan)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: on west bank of Spoon River, 0.5 mi north of Babylon, in NE/4 NE/4 sec. 14, T. 7 N., R. 1 E., [Blyton 7.5-min quadrangle], Fulton Co., west-central IL (Wanless, 1939; see also Kosanke and others, 1960).
AAPG geologic province:
Illinois basin
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