Payson Anticline (Discarded)

Location

Southwestern Adams County

References

Cox 1927

Description

The Payson Anticline was mapped mainly on the basis of outcrops of the Keokuk Limestone. The structure was portrayed by Cox (1927) as a north-plunging anticlinal nose having slight closure near its northern end and a slightly sinuous axis. Maximum dip is about 50 feet per mile (less than 1°). Structural relief is difficult to define because no flanking synclines are indicated on Cox's map.

No subsequent studies have confirmed the existence of this subtle feature, but the region has seen no detailed mapping and little exploratory drilling since Cox's time; therefore, use of the name should be discontinued.