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Geologic Unit: Reynoldsburg

Usage:

Reynoldsburg Coal Bed of Ferne Clyffe member (informal) of Tradewater Formation of Raccoon Creek Group (IL-local)
Reynoldsburg Coal Bed of Tradewater Formation of Raccoon Creek Group (IL-local)
Recognized locally in southern IL.


Geologic age:

Pennsylvanian, Early
Morrowan


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

North of Cedar Creek, in W/2 sec. 32, T. 11 S., R. 4 E., just west of the village of Reynoldsburg, Johnson Co., southern IL (Weller, 1940).


AAPG geologic province:

Illinois basin


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