Shoal Creek Syncline (Discarded)

Location

T8N, R4W, Montgomery County

References

Lee 1915

Description

Lee (1915) mapped and named a northwest-trending syncline on the basis of borehole data on the Herrin Coal Member (Pennsylvanian). Using many more subsurface control points, Nelson (1987b) remapped the structure of coal in the area. The remapping revealed several irregular enclosed depressions in Lee's Shoal Creek Syncline area in southwestern Montgomery County. These depressions, which most likely are products of differential compaction, are not worthy of being named synclines.