Usage:
Linton Formation of Carbondale Group (IN)
Linton Formation (IN*)
Subunits:
(ascending) Colchester Coal, Mecca Quarry Shale, Velpen Limestone, and Survant Coal Members (IN)
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures along tributaries of Latta Creek, in secs. 26 and 27, T. 8 N., R. 7 W., approx. 4 mi north of Linton, Greene Co., IN (Wier, 1950).
AAPG geologic province:
Illinois basin*
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