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Geologic Unit: Hagarstown

Usage:

Hagarstown Member of Glasford Formation (IL)
[?] Hagarstown Member of Pearl Formation (IL)


Geologic age:

Quaternary
Pleistocene, middle
Illinoian


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

Hickory Ridge section [of Jacobs and Lineback, 1969, p. 20], in SW/4 NW/4 sec. 30, T. 6 N., R. 1 E., Fayette Co., IL. Named from Hagarstown, Fayette Co., IL, [5 mi west of type section] (Willman and Frye, 1970).


AAPG geologic province:

Illinois basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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