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Rod R. Blagojevich, Governor BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF EDWARDSVILLE QUADRANGLE Department of Natural Resources Joel Brunsvold, Director MADISON COUNTY, Illinois State Geological Survey William W. Shilts, Chief Joseph A. Devera and F. Brett Denny 2003

BUNKER HILL 12 MI. 2 000m. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 90°00' 40 E. 41 42 1.6 MI. TO ILL. 140 57' 30" 44 45 R. 8 W. 46 R. 7 W. 55' 48 49 580 000 FEET 89°52'30'' 38°52'30" 38°52'30"

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28 n o a h of Madison County 27 r a C 25 B Barnett (Resources have been removed) 30 29 Contact 375 28 43 Macoupin County 04 475 Bedrock topography (elevation in feet) Madison County 325 350 4304 325 Coal test (depth in feet)

Oil test, dry hole (depth in feet) s Golf gh ou Course rr u 43 Oil test, show of oil (depth in feet) B 03 33 35 36 31 34 32 33 O N 1 2 M I . Mine shaft, abandoned Edwardsville Quadrangle 350 L I V N G S T L I T C H F E D 2 7 M .

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O N 1 0 M I . 157 T A L W O D R I V E 5 M . 400 Psb T. 5 N. 143 375 Mine underground uncertain location St. Clair County 50' Graney 50'

T. 4 N. T. 5 N. 1:500,000 Psb ek re Underground coal mine area C T. 4 N. 43 Oil and gas fields Coal mine area 02 400 Camp Torque (coal has been removed) ek 159 re C 4 gar Su 425 3 kia 1 ho Ca 2 Introduction Tradewater is dominated by shale with sandstones and siltstones. The The Colchester # 2 Coal Bed is also present and can locally be 3 6 5 43 k 4 01 base of the Carbondale Formation is the base of the Colchester Coal in feet thick. However, this coal is highly variable throughout the e

e 143 r Bedrock Geology of Edwardsville Quadrangle is part of a this area. The most widespread limestone in the Carbondale is the quadrangle and has not been mined. The Danville # 7 Coal Bed occurs in C 159 statewide 1:24,000 scale geologic mapping program by the Illinois Hanover Limestone Member. It is a light gray to olive gray, lime a number of boreholes but is thin and discontinuous. 43 St Boniface 01 Cem Department of Natural Resources (Illinois State Geological Survey). mudstone that contains a few < 10% small brachiopods. The upper part Pk Park This map was funded through a grant by the United States Geological is argillaceous and has a nodular texture, the lower part is a massive Oil and Gas St Marys Bluff Cem Survey. Geologic maps may aid in the exploration for economic minerals limestone. The top of the Carbondale is marked by the Herrin Coal. Junction 425 including coal, petroleum and natural gas, and may facilitate regional Overlying the Carbondale is the Shelburn Formation it contains the Numerous oil and gas tests were drilled in the quadrangle. The Hoppe Hamilton Park Cem planning. Brereton Limestone Member at the base, the Bankston Fork Limestone deepest test was drilled to the St. Peter Sandstone at 2,500 Trinity City y feet below the surface in T. 4 N., R. 8 W., of Section 26. All wells were Ch & Sch e Member and the Piasa Limestone Member in the upper part. The Hall n 43 Nelson Elem o 00 Sch o The Edwardsville 7.5' Quadrangle is about 18 miles east- Danville Coal was reported in a number of boreholes. dry and abandoned. A few had shows of oil in Ordovician, , M northeast of St. Louis, and is dominantly composed of Middle Only two formations subcrop below the . The and strata. No oil has been produced from the Pennsylvanian (Desmoinsian) strata. Regional dip is 2 to 3E to the east Carbondale subcrops in a large paleovalley trending east-west in the Edwardsville Quadrangle. 43 EDWARDSVILLE 00 11 L 9 i and strike is near north-south. Bedrock exposures are rare in the northern part of the quadrangle. The Shelburn overlies the Carbondale 10 12 tt Woodlawn 450 le quadrangle due to drift cover by Pleistocene glacial deposits of the and subcrops throughout the rest of the quadrangle. References Cem 7 8 9 157 Glasford Formation and Peoria and Roxana Silts. The only bedrock M High Sch o exposures seen in the quadrangle occur in Wendell Branch in the From drill records Chesterian units present include: Ste. Chenoweth, C., and Barrett, M.E. 2001. Directory of Coal Mines in 475 on ey southeastern corner of the map and Judys Branch in the southern-most Genevieve, Aux Vases, Renault, Yankeetown, Downeys Bluff, Cypress Illinois, 7.5' Quadrangle, Madison & Macoupin Counties, Jr High Sch part. A tan, fine to medium grained, quartz arenite with mica that is thin and Golconda. The Edwardsville Quadrangle is east of the St. Louis Illinois. with 'Coal Mines in Illinois - Edwardsville Quadrangle'. 4299 bedded was observed in Wendell Branch. Siltstone was also seen in the Fault Zone seen on the Geologic Map of the Bethalto 7.5' Quadrangle Illinois State Geological Survey Map (1:24,000). D American Legion u 450 n creek at a higher elevation. Both sandstone and siltstone are part of the (Devera, in prep.). Chesterian strata represented is more consistent in Denny, F. B., (in preparation) Geologic Map of the Prairietown 7.5' Golf Course la p 500 C Quadrangle, Illinois State Geological Survey Map sheets IGQ Leclaire Shelburn Formation (Desmoinsian). Mainly gray platy shales occur in borehole data. The angular unconformity seen in the Bethalto 42 Wolf r 99 e Cem ek Judys Branch also part of the Shelburn. Quadrangle is more of a disconformity in the Edwardsville Quadrangle. Series. La ke Tow There no longer is an angular relationship between the Pennsylvanian Devera, J. A., (in preparation) Geologic Map of the Bethalto 7.5' er L ak e A large area of the quadrangle has underground coal mines at a strata and the upper Mississippian strata. Quadrangle, Illinois State Geological Survey Map sheets IGQ Leclaire Lake Series. Radio Towers depth of 350 to 375 feet below the surface (see mined-out-area inset and Leclaire Elem Sch (WYRT) map for detail). The Herrin Coal Bed of the Carbondale Formation was Economic Geology Smith W. H, 1961, Strippable Coal Reserves of Illinois, Part 3 -

143 O I L . 4 Valley View the seam that was mined. Coal mine subsidence has been a problem for Madison, Macoupin, Jersey, Greene, Scott, Morgan, and Cass Cem 14 Rotary 13 143 the City of Edwardsville, Illinois. No coal mines are active in the Coal Counties, Illinois State Geological Survey Circular 311, 4 pls., 40 p. 16 Park 17 4 . 1 M I T M A R I N E 5 . 15 Radio 18 quadrangle. Tower 16 Eleven coal mines were active from 1875 to 1958 within the 4298 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY There is 140 feet of relief in the quadrangle; the Pin Oak Edwardsville Quadrangle (see mined-out-area on the geologic map; AT EDWARDSVILLE St Marys Ch Township being 570 feet above mean sea level and Cahokia Creek is 430 Cheowith and Barrett, 2001)). All of the mines were in the Herrin # 6 47' 30" 47'30" feet above mean sea level in the lowest area. Most of the quadrangle is Coal Bed. The thickness ranges from 2.6 to 8 feet and was mined at a flat which is reflected in the bedrock topography. depth ranging from 350 to 375 feet below the surface. No coal mines are currently active in the study area. North of Edwardsville, Illinois the Grover-Gifford 475 55 Cem 42 Bedrock Geology Herrin Coal occurs at a strippable depth in a extensive area north of the 97 High Sch paleovalley on the geologic map (Smith, 1961). Denny, (in prep.) Ballard There are three Middle Pennsylvanian units that occur below the discusses the adjoining area to the north in the Prairietown 7.5' Geologic Cem

42 Pleistocene: Tradewater, Carbondale, and Shelburn Formations, in Map where he also states that the Herrin Coal occurs at a strippable 97 Radio Tower ascending order. The base of the is a depth. The subcrop line of the coal is equal to the contact between the (WSIE-FM) Township 525 Park conglomeratic sandstone that contains rip-up clasts of siltstone, and Carbondale and Shelburn on the geologic map. The Herrin Coal is Kuhn Station Frickenstein limestone of the underlying formations of Chesterian Series. The eroded by pre-glacial erosion in this area. The extent of erosion on the 21 22 Cem 24 19 conglomerate marks the boundary between the Mississippian and Herrin Coal within the paleovalley is based on the bedrock topography 23 Bartlett Cem 20 21 Pennsylvanian Systems and the sub-Absaroka unconformity. The (red contour) and a structure contour of the top of the Herrin Coal.

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Sunset Hills 4296 Country Club W end A. Shelburn Formation: shale, siltstone, limestone, sandstone, and coal. Shale varies from light, medium, to dark gray and in places variegated red and green where associated with the Piasa Ls. Black el l

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R C S E D B. Carbondale Formation: shale, claystone, sandstone, limestone, and coal. Shale is the most dominant lithotype in this unit. The shale ranges from light gray to black, nonfissile to fissile. The Anna

500 42 Moller 95 Shale is a marine, fissile, black shale that occurs above the Herrin Coal. Claystones are light gray to white and contain carbonized root remains below the coals. Sandstone is sporadic but can occur in

O I N T E R S 157 500 Psb Cem the area as gray, medium grained, thick bedded quartz arenites. The Hanover Limestone is a dark to medium gray, nodular limestone that gets up to three feet thick in the study area. It is a persistent bed of argillaceous limestone that is brecciated and contains primarily brachiopods. The Oak Grove Limestone is a lithologically distinct sequence of thin lime-mudstones interbedded with thin dark gray

1 2 M I . T Mont Sunset Hills 525 Piasa Ls. 42 Station Shelburn 100-150 A and black shales. The Herrin and Colchester Coals are both bright banded coals. The Herrin Coal occurs near the top of the formation and contains a bluish gray argillaceous layer near the base called 95 Cem 28 26 28 25 30 the “blue band”. The Colchester Coal occurs near the base of the formation in the study area and is thinner than the Herrin. 27 475 29 Danville Coal GLEN CARBON Brereton Ls. Desmoinesain C. Tradewater Formation: sandstone, siltstone, shale and conglomerate. Dominated by siliciclastics this unit mainly contains, micaceous quartz arenites with some clay or altered feldspar St Cecilia 450 Herrin Coal Ch sublitharenites. Sand size ranges from fine to coarse grained and can display cross bedding in places. Siltstones are gray to tan and contain abundant mica. Siltstones are laminated to thick bedded. Shales are light gray to dark gray and contain carbonaceous debris. Shales are typically interbedded with siltstone. The least common lithotype is conglomerate. It consists of chert gravel and pebbles St James 130-150 Ch with coarse grained sand to medium grained sand. Fossil plant debris is also found within the conglomerate that mainly occur at or near the base of this unit. 55 500 42 Hanover Ls. New Bethel 94 Carbondale B ch Pennsylvanian Ch Bran D. Golcanda Formation: shale, siltstone, and limestone. Shale is gray to dark gray, soft, grades into claystone and can be locally variegated red and green. The shale is calcareous in places and contains Oak Lawn Oak Grove Ls. Cem B Coalchester silty intervals. The siltstone is medium gray, calcareous, and occurs in the upper part of the formation. Limestones are lenticular and very argillaceous and difficult to distinguish from the calcareous r O I L . 3 a n Seahorn Ls. shales. The basal limestone is a dense dark gray lithographic limestone that locally can be a dolostone.

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F L O R I S A N T 1 8 M . 7 M I . T Tradewater E. Cypress Sandstone: sand and shale. Sand is white to light gray, fine grained, well sorted quartz arenite that can have a sucrosic texture. Sand is the dominant clastic component of the formation. G R E N V I L 2 9 M . 5 9 M I . T 40-120

s Shale only seen as clay drapes in laminated sheets near the upper parts of the sandstone. y 70 d 760 000 33 u C J 35 475 FEET 34 36 31 33 Golconda 0-42 D F. Paint Creek Formation: shale, limestone, and sand. Shales range from variegated red and green to light gray claystones. Typically shale is soft non-fissile but can locally contain marine such 159 Glen Carbon Crossing 525 270 32 42 000m. as: blastoid and crinoid “heads”, pelmatozoa, productid brachiopods, rugose corals, and fenestrate bryozoans. Limestone is medium gray to dark gray, primarily composed of fossil packstones and 93 N. wackestones of the aforementioned fossils. The limestones have shale interbeds that can contain fine grained quartz sand stringers. The upper limestone can have pink chert replaced crinoids. The basal Glen Carbon Miner 0-25 Cem Park Cypress E limestone is mainly dark greenish gray but red, green, and brownish shales can be associated with it. 38°45' 38°45' 90°00' 550 000 FEET 241 242 57' 30" 0.8 MI TO ILL. 162 244 245 R. 8 W. R. 7 W. 246 55' 247 COLLINSVILLE (VIA ILL. 159) 9 MI. 249000m.E. 89°52'30" BELLEVILLE 17 MI. 70 55 ST LOUIS, MO. (GATEWAY ARCH) 18 MI. Paint Creek 30-45 F G. Yankeetown Sandstone: sand, shale, and chert. This unit contains very fine grained quartz- rich sand that can be white, red, and gray green. In places it has been silicified and has preserved as chert. Yankeetown Common sedimentary structure is stacked ripple bedded cherts that on close inspection yield very fine angular quartz sand. Shale is typically red claystone at the top of the unit but can also be variegated Renault 26 G Chesterian with greens and grays. This formation can grade into the underlying limestone. Aux Vases 8-10 H Base map compiled by Illinois State Geological Survey from digital data provided by the SCALE 1:24 000 Geology based on fieldwork by Joseph A. Devera and F. Brett Denny. United States Geological Survey. Topography compiled from imagery dated 1986. 1 1/ 2 0 1 MILE 67-90 I H. Renault Limestone: limestone, sandy limestone, and limestone conglomerate. Limestone is light to medium gray containing oolites and fossils and diagnostic red crinoids. Mainly composed of St. Genevieve Spar Transportation updated 1998. Hydrography updated 1991. Digital cartography by F. Brett Denny, Jane Domier and John D. McLeod, Illinois State packstones and grainstones, this limestone is dominated by pelmatozoa. Quartz sand is found within this limestone and in places carbonate conglomerates occur at the base. 1000 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 FEET Limestone Mountain Geological Survey. Mississippian Sandstone ? 60-80 J North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83) 1 .5 0 1 KILOMETER I. Aux Vases Sandstone: sand and shale. This unit contains a clean, white, well sorted, quartz arenite that shows crossbedding and current ripples. Green shales and green clay drapes occur near the Projection: transverse Mercator This research was supported in part by the U.S. Geological Survey, National Cooperative upper part of the sandstone. The lower part of the sand is calcareous and can be locally unconformable with the underlying unit. 10,000-foot ticks: Illinois State Plane coordinate system, west zone (transverse Mercator) Geologic Mapping Program under USGS award number 02HQAG0042. 1,000-meter ticks: Universal Transverse Mercator grid, zone 16 BASE MAP CONTOUR INTERVAL 10 FEET J. Ste. Genevieve Limestone: limestone and sand. Limestone containing oolites and crinoids are abundant. Oolitic crossbedded grainstones or oosparites are found in the upper parts of the formation. NATIONAL GEODETIC VERTICAL DATUM OF 1929 The Illinois State Geological Survey, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and the St. Louis These limestone beds are “chalky” white and contain calcium-rich carbonate. Near the upper part of the limestone approximately seven feet of very fine grained sand is present. The sand is light State of Illinois make no guarantee, expressed or implied, regarding the correctness of the greenish gray, bioturbated, and has calcareous cement. The lower part of the unit is dominated by crinoidal packstones with tighlty packed coated grains and thin greenish shale laminae. Stylolites are interpretations presented in this document and accept no liability for the consequences of Valmeyeran Limestone 200-250 K decisions made by others on the basis of the information presented here. The geologic common and chert is occasionally present. Greenish oncolites are seen in the lower beds. Released by the authority of the State of Illinois: 2003 interpretations are based on data that may vary with respect to accuracy of geographic location, the type and quantity of data available at each location, and the K. St. Louis Limestone: limestone and chert. This formation is dominated by lime-mudstones dark gray to light gray, with conchoidal fracture. Stylolites are common and facies of fossil wackestone scientific/technical qualifications of the data sources. Maps or cross sections in this and packstone are present. This unit is thin bedded and commonly contains white to dark gray chert nodules and stringers. Yellowish beds of dolostone and breccia also occur in the middle part of the document are not meant to be enlarged. formation. The colonial coral Acrocyathus is common near the lower portion of the limestone.

The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Government.

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