Usage:
No current usage.
(†DeLong cyclothem (informal) (IL) considered obsolete.)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type exposure: along Brush Creek in secs. 5 and 8, T. 9 N., R. 2 E., Galesburg quadrangle, Knox Co., IL. Named from town of DeLong which is about 2.5 mi northeast of type exposure (Wanless, 1957).
AAPG geologic province:
Illinois basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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