Surficial Geology of Marion Quadrangle, Williamson County, Illinois

              Illinois Geologic Quadrangle Map
IGQ Marion-SG
Base map compiled by Illinois State Geological Survey from digital data provided by the
United States Geological Survey. Topography compiled in 1963. Planimetry derived from
imagery taken in 1993. PLSS and survey control current as of 1996. Partial field check in
1996.
North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83)
Projection: Transverse Mercator
10,000-foot ticks: Illinois State Plane Coordinate system, east zone (Transverse Mercator)
1,000-meter ticks: Universal Transverse Mercator grid system, zone 16
Recommended citation:
Follmer, L.R., and W.J. Nelson, 2010, Surficial Geology of Marion Quadrangle, Williamson
County, Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey, Illinois Geologic Quadrangle Map, IGQ
Marion-SG, 1:24,000.
Geology based on field work and data analysis by Leon R. Follmer and W. John Nelson,
2001–2004.
Natural Resource Conservation Service staff, Carbondale office, assisted with field work
and the drilling of stratigraphic test borings.
Digital cartography by Jane E. J. Domier, Jennifer E. Carrell, Amanda Tovey, Joseph B.
Magnotta, and Daniel R. Stevenson, Illinois State Geological Survey.
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expressed or implied, regarding the correctness of the interpretations presented in this
document and accept no liability for the consequences of decisions made by others on the
basis of the information presented here. The geologic 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 scientific and technical qualifications of the data
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IGQ Marion-SG
SURFICIAL GEOLOGY OF MARION QUADRANGLE
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Leon R. Follmer and W. John Nelson
2010
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Primary highway,
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hard surface
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Interstate Route State Route
ADJOINING
QUADRANGLES
1 Herrin
2 Johnston City
3 Pittsburg
4 Crab Orchard Lake
5 Crab Orchard
6 Lick Creek
7 Goreville
8 Creal Springs
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MARION
HERRIN
PITTSBURG
CRAB ORCHARD
JOHNSTON
CITY CRAB ORCHARD
LAKE
HARCO
DE SOTO
CARRIER
MILLS
GOREVILLE
LICK
CREEK
CARBONDALE
CREAL
SPRINGS
STONEFORT
MAKANDA
Equality–fine
Equality–silty
Equality–sandy
Disturbed ground
Cahokia Fm
Teneriffe Silt
Pearl Fm
Glasford Fm
Glasford Fm–
stratified
loess
bedrock
water
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MILES
Williamson County surficial geology and 7.5-minute quadrangles.
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Interpretation
Made land; includes surface coal
mines in varying states of reclama-tion,
along with mine waste piles
(gob and slurry)
Alluvium; mostly formed during
post-glacial times (Holocene);
largely derived from eroded Peoria
loess; mildly weathered and
leached; weakly developed soil
profile in the upper 5 feet; underlain
by Equality clay or fine sand at
lower elevations and by bedrock at
higher elevations
Glacial fluvial and lacustrine
deposits of Illinoian age covered by
4 to 10 feet of loess (three loess
units are distinguishable where
thicker than about 5 feet: upper–
Peoria Silt, yellowish brown to gray
with strong pedologic structure
resulting from the formation of the
modern soil; middle–Roxana Silt,
reddish brown to reddish gray with
weak pedologic structure resulting
from the formation of the Farmdale
Geosol; and lower–Loveland Silt,
brown to dark gray with strong
pedologic structure resulting from
the formation of the Sangamon
Geosol; the Peoria and Roxana
occur at most locations; the
Loveland Silt is often absent; loess
units are largely distinguished by
their pedogenic features); upper
part contains Sangamon Geosol;
forms several undifferentiated
terrace levels producing a stepped
geomorphic surface; a facies
member with Glasford stratified
deposits (g(s)); formed during the
next to the last glaciation (Illinoian)
as the result of meltwater accumu-lation
General characteristics: Glacial till
and associated water-laid and mass
wasted deposits of Illinoian age
covered by 5 to 10 feet of loess;
largely derived from Pennsylvanian
shale; forms a veneer of glacial drift
deposits across the uplands of most
of Williamson County and fills in
preglacial valleys; loess cover thins
on sloping land along the southern
border of Williamson County; upper
part contains Sangamon Geosol;
divisible into two map units:
Glasford stratified deposits (g(s))
and Glasford till (g); upland end
member facies of Illinoian glacial
sequence
Ablation deposits; water trans-ported
and glacial debris-flow
deposits with soft-sediment
deformation features; likely contains
gravel at the base and overlies
dense basal till where glacial
deposits are thick; missing in places
where loess overlies eroded
bedrock (bench); laterally grades
into till (g) or Pearl Formation sand
(pl); largely restricted to discontinu-ous
terrace levels (localized level
areas) across the uplands at
elevations from 420 up to 550 feet;
formed on the Illinoian glacier after
stagnation; temporary ice-walled
lakes accumulated sediments that
formed terraces now buried by
loess; erosional benches common
in some areas that form a continu-ous
geomorphic surface with
terraces
Till; more dense and uniform than
diamicton in g(s); underlies most of
the gently rolling hills of the county;
variable thickness ranging from a
veneer of a few feet to over 100 feet
thick in buried valleys; upland facies
end member of Illinoian glacial
sequence, made up of map units g,
g(s), pl, and tr; discontinuous in
places because of fluvial erosion or
a nondepositional mode of the
glacier (glacial erosion)
Interpretation
Pennsylvanian sedimentary rock
with less than 4 feet of weathered
loess cover, mostly Peoria loess
containing well-developed modern
soil (Alfisol); discontinuous patches
of glacial deposits are common
QUATERNARY DEPOSITS
Unit
HOLOCENE STAGE (Present to 10,000 years B.P.)
Disturbed ground
Cahokia Formation
ILLINOIAN STAGE (128,000 to 180,000 years B.P.)
Pearl Formation
Glasford Formation
(divided into two units)
Glasford
stratified deposits
Glasford till
PRE-QUATERNARY (PENNSYLVANIAN) DEPOSITS
Unit
bedrock
Material
Man-made deposits; mixtures of
loess, glacial deposits, shale, and
coal mine wastes
Silt-rich deposits ranging from
silt loam to silty clay; dark gray to
brown, mottled below 3 feet, totally
gray below 10 feet; weakly bedded
in lower part; gravel lenses in lower
parts of thick intervals; noncalcare-ous
matrix but contains secondary
calcite nodules below solum of soil
in places; ranges up to 30 feet thick
Fine sand to clay loam covered by
weathered silt loam to silty clay
loam; yellowish brown to mottled
brown to gray; strong pedogenic
features and clay-rich in upper 10
feet; leached to a depth of about 20
feet below the ground surface;
calcareous and bedded in lower
part; commonly thin-bedded very
fine sand, well sorted with a few thin
lenses of silty clay; secondary
calcite common in the upper part of
the calcareous zone; thickness
uncertain, may range up to 50 feet
thick; beds of coarser sand and
gravel are expected near base of
unit
General features: Silty diamicton
dominated by silt loam and silty clay
loam with variable amounts of clay,
sand, and pebbles; covered by 5 to
10 feet of weathered silty clay loam
at most locations; brown to gray
colors with common yellowish and
dark mottles; strong pedogenic
features and more sand or clay in
upper 5 feet; leached to a depth of
about 20 feet below the ground
surface; stratified in places; dark
gray, compact, and unoxidized in
lower part, which commonly
contains detrital wood, pyrite, and
other oxidizable minerals; average
thickness 20 to 30 feet and can
exceed 100 feet thick in places;
pebble content from <1 to 5%,
dominated by Pennsylvanian
lithologies, mostly sandstone,
quartz, chert, and an assortment of
crystalline rocks
Stratified clay loam, silt loam to
silty clay loam with lenses of sand
and loamy diamicton; deformed
structures and variable fabric and
textures; few fining-upward trends in
places overlying sparse pebble
bands
Silty clay loam diamicton that
varies from pebbly silty clay to silt
loam diamicton; very few pebbles in
places; typical till fabric, compact
and uniform
Material
Dominantly sandstone with
lesser amounts of siltstone,
shale, mudstone, limestone, and
coal; covered by yellowish brown to
gray, weathered, silt loam to silty
clay loam up to 4 feet thick
"e 35547 Stratigraphic boring with continuous samples of
surficial sediments examined by the authors
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Data Type
Note: Numeric labels indicate the county number, a portion of
the 12-digit API number on file at the ISGS Geological Records
Unit. Online well and boring records are available from the ISGS
Web site.
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