Usage:
Canton Shale Member of Carbondale Formation (IL)
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: outcrops along Big Creek, in center sec. 9, T. 6 N., R. 4 E., Fulton Co., west-central IL. Named from exposures near Canton (Savage, 1921).
AAPG geologic province:
Illinois basin
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