Old Ripley Anticline (Discarded)

Location

Mainly in T5N, R4W, Bond County

References

Bell 1941

Description

Bell (1941) mapped an antidinal nose on the Herrin Coal Member (Pennsylvanian); the structure trends eastward from Section 24, T5N, R5W, to Section 24, T5N, R4W, then turns northeastward. The only indicated closure in Section 6, T5N, R3W was based on a single well.

The structure Bell named Old Ripley partly corresponds with the Pocahontas Anticline of Kay (1915) and the Stubblefield Anticline of Blatchley (1914) and Moulton (1925). Bell renamed the eastern end of the latter, the Greenville Dome. A fault shown on Moulton's (1925) map was not recognized by Bell. Use of the name Old Ripley Anticline should be discontinued because of the small extent, irregular outline, and scarcity of evidence for the existence of this structure.