Usage:
Murphysboro Coal Member of Tradewater Formation of Raccoon Creek Group (IL*)
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: in SE/4 sec. 9, T. 9 S., R. 2 W., Jackson Co., southwestern IL (Kosanke and others, 1960).
AAPG geologic province:
Illinois basin*
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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 ([ ]).