Sciota Anticline
Location
Northwestern McDonough County (D-2)
References
Wanless 1957, Buschbach and Bond 1974
Description
Wanless (1957) mapped this anticline from subsurface data on the Kinderhookian (New Albany Group) shale. According to his text (p. 157) the fold lies in McDonough County, but his map of named structures shows the anticline in Warren County. The map evidently is erroneous. Buschbach and Bond (1974) presented a map of the Sciota Anticline based on drilling for gas storage in the Mt. Simon Sandstone. This map shows an irregular anticline, the axis of which trends northnorthwest, perpendicular to the Peoria Folds. The western limb is steeper than the eastern and at least 60 feet (18 m) of closure is shown on the Mt. Simon. The highest point on the fold in Section 31, T7N, R3W, corresponds with the crest as mentioned by Wanless (1957). The anticline, as drawn on plate 1, is taken from Buschbach and Bond (1974).
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