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Geologic Unit: Fairgrange

Usage:

Fairgrange Till (IN)
(†Fairgrange Till Member of Wedron Formation abandoned by the IL Geol. Survey, "type area" in IL. Included in Tiskilwa Formation of Wedron Group. See Tiskilwa.)


Geologic age:

Quaternary
Pleistocene
Wisconsinan


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Notable exposures in Coles, DeWitt, Champaign, and Piatt Cos., central IL.


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.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).