Usage:
Fairdale Till Member of Glasford Formation (IL)
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene
Illinoian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Fairdale quarry section, on Fairdale Road 1 mi south of Fairdale, in center sec. 30, T. 42 N., R. 3 E., De Kalb Co., IL (Kempton and Berg, 1985).
AAPG geologic province:
Wisconsin arch
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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