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left (northeast) on Indiana 6n right (south) sidlack River Consolidated Fierd disproductionis from sandanianand Mississippiar~Mattoon Formationroad for the next mile.Good exposure of Wiscor-~sinan-age loess in theroadeut on the right (south) side of the roadas we leave the Wabash Wivev valley. Duringthe morning, our route will cross the Wabashowland, a physiographic unit described byMalott (1 EX?). The low, rolling, bedroekcoredhills are mantled by ioestill, and are interspersed withfilled vaileys.Oil weil to left (north) is partEast Field discovered in 1943.is from a sandstonedepth of 2,200 feetCrops of the Shoalbasal member of th2), are tocated approximately at bend in road.The low hills which"n Bond FormationEShoal Creek Limestone MemberDicksburg Hills Sandstone MemberPatoka Formationingleiteld Sandstone MemberWest Franklin Limestone MemberShelburn Formation--Danville Coal MemberHvmera Coal MemberProvidence Limestone MemberDugger Format~onBucktown Coal MemberAlum Cave Limestone MemberSpringfield Coal MemberPetersburg Formationpied by glacial-age lakes. The silts, clays, andsands which comprise the sediments depositedin these lakes typically have poor bearingcapacity; slumping of cut banks in thesedeposits is common, making them difficultmaterials to handle in the surface mining ofcoals.Cemetery on right (soutIntersection of Indianathe southwest edge uturn left (north) on Indiana 68-1 65.Crossing railroad tracks and entering Posey---Survant Coal MemberLinton FormationSeelvv~ile Coal MemberHolland Limestone MemberStaunton FormationPerth Limestone MemberBuffalov~lle Coal IMernberBr'azil FormationLower Block Coal MemberLead Creek Limestone MemberMariah Hill Coal BedBlue Creek Coal MemberMansfield FormationPinnick Coal MemberSt. Meinrad Coal BedTobinsport Formation--Branchville Forrnarionin wIHardinsburg FormationChesterian and Valrneyeran ages at depths sf5 Ste. Genevieve Lirnesronethe West Franklin Limestone Member, uppermostmember of the he$ burn Formation.Figure ifd-2.Generalized cefurnnar section of southwesternIndiana. (Modified from Gray, 1979.)
Entering Gibson County, which was organized13 and named for General Johntary of Indiana Territcary fromoute 41 interchange with 1-The Warrenton East il Field is located to theleft (north). This field was discovered in 1and production is obtained from sandstonesand limestones sf Chesterian and Valmeyeranages.tinue east on 8-and named for Captain Jacob Warrick, whowas killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe in theWar of 1812.Crossing the trace of the Wabash and ErieCanal: part of a statewide network of canalsthat were main arteries of transportation inthe 1840s before railroads were extensivelydeveloped in the State. These canals wereexpensive to build and difficult to maintain.ivision of the Wabash and ErieCanal was particul arl y troubledtenance problems, leading to its early clhpsinin 18611.The area to the right (southsmined in the mid and late 19Peabody Coal Company" LynDanville Coal Member (VII) and the HymeraCoal Member ('dl), sf the Bugger Formation(fig. IN-2), were bench mined at this location.The spoil banks visible on the left (northeast)mark an area where the anville and HymeraCoal Members were mined in the early 1by the Lynnville Mine. The Lynnville Micurrently mining these and the SpringfieldCoal Member (V) in four separate pits. Thet sf the Lynnville Mine is Iscatedree miles south of here and has ahighwali about 3 miles (4.8 km) in length.Area on both sides of the highvvay was mineds as a part of the kynnviileMine. The Danville and Wymera Coal Memberswere mined at this site.Area to the right (south) was mined in the late1950s by the Sunlight Coal Corporation. TheDanville and Hymera Coal Members were bothute 61 interchange with I-1-64 and proceed right (south) on IndThe town of Ly nnville is located about 0.25mile (.4 km) north. Lynnville was platted in1839 by John Lynn andEntrance road to thepany's Lynnville Mine;follow the mine entrance road to the mineoffice.Mine office of LynnvilPe Mine an right {north)side of road; turn into the mine-office parkinglot. We will have a brief stop here to meetPeabody Coal Companylead us ts Stop 2, the EbyMine, where the Springfieof the Petersburg Formation and the' lowerhalf of the Dugger Formation are exposed inthe highwall.Lynnviile Mine is a good exan~pPe of a large, modernstirface-mining operation in the Illinois Basin. Almost3.4 million Pons (3.1 x 10' MT) of washed coalwere produced from four separate pits in '8977. Morethan 53 million cubic yards (4 -5 x 1 o6 m3 ) of overburdenhave been removed, andtares) have been affected since4 million tons of cod have beenproduced and approximately 9,affected since the mine beseven salaried management and support people areemployed in the simultaneous o eratian of the fourdraglines with 30-cubic-yardate respectively in the two2 Pit and the Dragline Pit,4 m) of overburden from theDanvilie and Hym Coal Members (which locally arecalled the Upper a Lower Millersburg Coals), as we!\as the: parting ma a! between the two seams. Thesecoals are also produced from the hovel Pit Ithe centralMarion shovel with acovers coal to a maxhe parting between the two seams isremoved by srnalier leading sli Bs in this pit. Rawcoal from these three pits is ha by 1CKnx-1 trucksto two separate prepara"6ictn plants. The fourth, andsternmost, pit is the Eby Pit. This is the pit you wille observing during your visit at Lynnvilk Mine. Here aMarion shovel with a 5-cubic-yard (50 m3 bingf ieid Goal iMernber (V) at afeet I24 m). The raw cod ishauled by truck and rail to the central preparationplant.Land at Lynnville ine is reclaimed using twelvedozers, four graders, and sixteen pars scrapers, The panscrapers are used primarily for removal and replacementof topsoil. Revegetation practices have changedover the years, with areas mined early in the life of themine being reclaimed primarily to forest vegetation. Inmare recent years, vegetation has been primarily mixturesof grasses and legumes for hay and pasture use.FIELD TRIP 9IROA.D LOG
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SoilSandy shaleShale, carbonaceousC
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south rim of Eagle Valley Syncline
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Figure 11-1 3.Extensively cross-bed
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weathering. Heavy minerals are stab
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NO Anvil RockApproximate areaof Sto
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ThicknessIm)lft)Sandstone; thin and
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Figure I L-36.Large-scale planar cr
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Abbott and Caseyville formations, U
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FaciesAbandoneddistributarychannelA
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Table 1 L-1 . Description of strata
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WELawsonShaleMbr. \BreretonLimeston
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Harrisburg (No. 5) CoalIApproximate
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Table I L-2. Characteristics and in
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General geologic settingHarvey, Ill
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Table I L-3. Lithology and paleonto
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