Plainview Syncline (Discarded)

Location

Southern Macoupin County

References

Easton 1942

Description

Easton, who was interested in promoting oil exploration, named many domes and anticlines in Macoupin County and vicinity. The Plainview was his only syncline. Easton's (1942) map shows an extremely subtle nosing of the contour lines with only one small area of possible closure. Remapping of the Herrin (No. 6) Coal Member, by using many newly available control points, revealed no indication of the Plainview Syncline or its flanking "anticlines" (Nelson 1987b ); therefore, use of the name should be discontinued.