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Canton 



Shale 



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Springfield (No.5) Coal 

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Covel Cgl. Member 



Hanover Ls Member 



Excello Shale Member 



Summum (No. 4) Coal 

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1. Sandstone - light tan, fine- to 

 medium-grained, thin-bedded; contains 

 a few concretions as in unit below; 

 not generally exposed. 



2. Shale - medium gray, weathers tan; 

 somewhat silty; contains several 

 argillaceous and calcitic con- 

 cretions; contains a blocky band 

 approximately 3' from base. 



3. Shale - black, well laminated, "slaty"; 

 contains thin phosphatic lenses in 

 bottom 1' . Zone of large dark gray, 

 discoidal limestone nodules at base. 



4. Coal - contains a 6" clay band 2" 

 from base. 



5. Clay - medium gray to medium dark 

 gray. 



6. Limestone - medium dark gray, mottled 

 with light greenish gray; nodular, 

 slightly silty and dolomitic. 



7 . Shale - medium dark gray to dark 

 gray, smooth, laminated; contains 

 limestone nodules. 



8. Conglomerate - composed of rounded 

 fine-grained limestone; upper sur- 

 face encrusted by algae. 



9. Shale - medium dark gray, mottled 

 with light greenish gray; cal- 

 careous ; contains a 0-1^" thick 

 limestone band containing abundant 

 Ammodiscus . 



10. Shale - dark gray to black, fissile; 

 contains a 0-3" granular phosphatic 

 band underlain by a thin spherulitic 

 algal limestone bed. 



11. No. 4 Coal position - black carbo- 

 naceous shale containing vitrain 

 lenses . 



12. Clay - light gray to greenish gray. 



Fig. 16 - KICKAPOO CREEK, cutbank on Kickapoo Creek and in small tributary 

 along road going west downhill from the entrance to Jubilee 

 College State Park. NW^ SE% Sec. 26, T. 10 N., R. 6 E., Peoria 

 County, Elmwood Quadrangle. Section taken from Smith et al., 

 1970. Abundant conodonts , including Gondolella , are found in 

 the nodular limestone of the Hanover Limestone Member (No. 9). 

 To reach Jubilee College State Park, take the Brimfield exit 

 of Interstate Route 74 into Kickapoo. Go west one mile on U.S. 

 Route 150 for about a mile and follow Jubilee College sign. 

 Road to Kickapoo Creek turns right near college. 



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