Usage:
Batestown Member of Lemont Formation of Wedron Group (IL*)
Batestown Till of Wedron Group (IN*)
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene
Wisconsinan
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Emerald Pond section, in NE/4 SW/4 SW/4 sec. 33, T. 20 N., R. 12 W., Vermillion Co., IL. Named from town of Batestown (Johnson and others, 1971).
AAPG geologic province:
Wisconsin arch
Illinois basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).