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Anvil Rock Sandstone filling channels that cutout the Herrin CoalISGS 1979Figure 11-45. Distribution of the Walshville channel and Energy Shale and outcrop of the Herrin (No. 6) Coal in southwesternand western Illinois. (From Krausse et al., 1978.8
Figure IL-46.Burning Star No. 5 Mine, Consolidation Coal Company.An interpretative model of depositional conditions(fig. IL-50) that may have existed in the Burning StarNo. 5 Mine Area immediately prior to burial of theHerrin Coal depicts the relationship of channel fill,natural levee, splay-channel fill, and splay-margin faciesto the peat swamp from which the Herrin Coal wasformed.Sedimentary features, detailed lithologic descriptions,and fossil remains through which these facieshave been distinguished are listed in table IL-I withdetails of inferred depositional environments.10.0 Board buses, depart Stop 12, Burning Star No.5 Mine. Turn right (west) on lllinois Route149.13.0 Enter De Soto. Junction with U.S. Route 51.Cross Route 51 ; continue straight (southwest)on lllinois 149.17.1 Beaucoup Creek.Junction, lllinois Routes 13 and 127. Turnleft (south). Continue on lllinois 149.Enter Murphysboro, population about10,000. Immediately south of Murphysboro,one of the first major coal mines in Illinoiswas opened in the early part of the 19th centuryin the Murphysboro Coal Member of theSpoon Formation. Coal was shipped down theBig Muddy and Mississippi Rivers to points asfar south as New Orleans. Major mining continuedin the Murphysboro Coal until 1943.Junction, lllinois Routes 13 and 149. Turnright (west) on lllinois 149 toward downtownMurphysboro.Lake Murphysboro State Park on right(north).Beehive-shaped charcoal ovens on left marksite of abandoned community of Brownsville,which was the early county seat of JacksonCounty.Abbott Formation partly exposed here onFIELD TRIP 91ROAD LOG
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heyday of the spas, from about 18as
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were mostly 2 to 4 feet (.6 to 1.2
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Monday, May 28, 1979DAY 2. Hawesvil
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fill sequence of dark shaie, sandst
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Engineers. The reservoir, completed
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Geiger Lake CoalLisman CoalCarthage
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IGeneral settingPlaza eastbound.Exi
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Page 90 and 91: ThicknessIm)lft)Sandstone; thin and
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Page 110 and 111: Table 1 L-1 . Description of strata
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Page 114 and 115: Harrisburg (No. 5) CoalIApproximate
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Page 118 and 119: General geologic settingHarvey, Ill
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Page 126 and 127: SIEVER, R., 1951, The Mississippian
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