Fayette County Coal Data

Coal Mines - Map and directory of coal mines, with underground industrial mine locations
Coal Resources - Coal elevation, depth, and thickness maps
Coal Logs - Non-confidential coal logs from the Coal Section's stratigraphic database

Coal Mines

There has not been any mining in Fayette County.

Coal Resources

Fayette County structural elevation, depth, thickness, sulfur, and chlorine maps. Scale 1:100,000. PDF files.

Elevation

                                   

                                    Danville Coal Map                                                           Herrin Coal Map                                                         Springfield Coal Map

           

                                    Colchester Coal Map

Depth

                                   

                                    Danville Coal Map                                                           Herrin Coal Map                                                         Springfield Coal Map

           

                                    Colchester Coal Map

Thickness

                                   

                                    Danville Coal Map                                                           Herrin Coal Map                                                         Springfield Coal Map

           

                                    Net Coal Thickness

Sulfur

                                   

                                    Danville Coal Map                                                           Herrin Coal Map                                                         Springfield Coal Map

Chlorine

           

                                    Herrin Coal Map

On demand plots available for these maps! If you are unable to make your own large size plots from these PDF's we also offer an on demand plot for individual maps from our publication and sales ffice—for cost of the plot and handling. Please contact Le Ann Benner (benner@isgs.illinois.edu) for more information on purchasing plots (217-244-2415) and other details.

Coal Logs

Fayette County Coal Logs - PDF file generated 10/29/2008
The .PDF file contains non-confidential coal log descriptions from the Coal Section's stratigraphic database in the county listed. Coal logs are sorted by township/range and section.

You can download the raw .dbf files from which the entire stratigraphic database is derived (if such files are what you really want; most users will only want and need the .PDF files).

Each PDF file has a summary sheet that contains an overview of data and geology for the county. Each coal log has a "header" element that contains location information, log type, log source and other information.

This log is from a borehole located in Saline County, Township 7 South, Range 6 East, 330 feet south and 330 feet west of the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 35. North American Datum 1983 (NAD83) Longitude/Latitude coordinates in decimal degrees are also provided.

Beneath the header is information on the geology for that data point. The Coal Section stratigraphic database from which this .PDF file is derived is a multi-project database which contains drill hole and outcrop descriptions of Pennsylvanian stratigraphy in Illinois. Consequently, the level of detail and accuracy in the data and their interpretation vary (sometimes widely) with the geologist, project type, or original data source. Multiple descriptions of a particular location may be present. Note that both the coal stratigraphic database and this .PDF listing are only a subset of the total amount of data available from the ISGS Geologic Records Library archives, and reflect only coal-specific data and interpretations of past and present Coal Section geologists. They are not a comprehensive listing of all data that may be available from the ISGS.

Updated 11/5/2009 AGL