INTERACTIVE MAP

Move the cursor (arrow) around the state map. When a hand appears you will be able to click to a link about that area. Try to locate the following places: coal, fluorite, Illinois Caverns, karst & caves, lead & zinc, loess, Mazon Creek, New Madrid Earthquake zone, oil & gas deposits, Springfield during the Coal Age, Starved Rock & Mattheissen St. Parks, and Thornton Quarry. Reading the Geologic History text will give clues to the location of some of these.

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