Pell Fault

Part of the Fluorspar Area Fault Complex

Location

Sections 24 and 25, T12S, R7E, Hardin County (pl. 2)

References

S. Weller et al. 1920, J. Weller et al. 1952, Palmer 1956, Baxter et al. 1967

Description

The Pell Fault is a normal fault that strikes slightly east of north. The east side is downthrown 400 feet (120 m) at the south end, where it joins the Wallace Branch Fault Zone. Displacement dies out northward.

Figure(s)

Figure 34   Structure of top of the Springfield Coal Member in the central part of Eagle Valley Syncline. Contour interval is 5O feet inside coal outcrop and 100 feet elsewhere (Nelson and Lumm 1987). Plate 2   Fluorspar Area Fault Complex and Shawneetown Fault Zone