Usage:
Mecca Quarry Shale Member of Linton Formation (IN,IL)
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
In small quarry in Wabash Twp., Parke Co., IN, in SW/4 NE/4 sec. 29, T. 15 N., R. 8 W., about 1 mi from town of Mecca (Zangerl and Richardson, 1963).
AAPG geologic province:
Illinois basin
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