Usage:
Belle Rive Coal Member of Mattoon Formation of Mcleansboro Group (IL)
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposure along a tributary to Goose Creek, 6 mi south of the village of Belle Rive, in SE/4 SE/4 NE/4 sec. 35, T. 4 S., R. 4 E., Jefferson Co., IL (Nance and Treworgy, 1981).
AAPG geologic province:
Illinois basin
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