FEE: $50 for all MBGS Members (with paid up dues); $85 adult/professional non-MBGS members; $15 for               students.
LOCATION: Jackson Michigan area
LEADERS: D.B. Westjohn, Consulting Geologist, Mason, Michigan, and Bennie E. See, Consulting Geologist,
                   Jackson, Michigan
REGISTRATION: Please email Chris Christensen at christensenc@michigan.gov to get your name on the attendees list. Please complete and submit the registration form below and submit fee to finalize your reservation by November 1st. A limit of 25 can participate in the field trip.

General outline of this field trip:
The field trip will relate the distribution of coal in the Jackson Coal Province (JCP new term) to a profound unconformity: The Mississippian-Pennsylvanian Hiatus. This unconformity marks the emergence of terrestrial vegetation, erosion, and deposition of vast quantities of organic detritus that was entombed and survived to form coal. We will explore Michigan’s Carboniferous section in Jackson County, the birthplace of the coal mining industry in the State. Despite a storied history of the JCP (History of Jackson County, 1881) and the large number of mines reported in MGS reports, locations of most mines are not known with any degree of certainty. Unfortunately, it took structural damage of freeway components (bridges, overpasses, etc.) and subsidence into coal-mine voids to renew interest in the bedrock geology of the area.

ITINERARY:
9:30am                  -Meet in downtown Parma, Michigan (look large WMU vans), assemble & load vans
10:00am                -Departure       
10:00am-3:00pm   -Field Trip (drinks and snacks will be provided but not a full lunch)
3:00pm .                 -Review Jackson area cores at Grand River Brewery (food & beverages available                                                for purchase)
After ~4:00pm        -Return to Parma