Usage:
No current usage.
(†Creal Springs Sandstone of Tradewater Group (IL) considered abandoned.)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposed in vicinity of Creal Springs, in T. 10 S., R. 3 E., Williamson Co., southeastern IL (Smith, 1957).
AAPG geologic province:
Illinois basin
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