Usage:
No current usage.
(†Gila cyclothem (informal) in Mattoon Formation of McLeansboro Group (IL) considered obsolete.)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: along Mint Creek, [in NE/4 SW/4 sec. 31, T. 8 N., R. 9 E.], southeast of Gila, Jasper Co., southeastern IL (Newton and Weller, 1937).
AAPG geologic province:
Illinois basin
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