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Mazon Creek
Located in Illinois, a bit north of downtown Chicago, The Mazon Creek dates to the Paleozoic Era, Pennsylvania epoch (about 300 million years ago). The geologic formation alternates between layers of coal and shale
Christopher Fernandez & Gladys Vilchez