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  • Usage in publication:
    • Kiger division
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
    • Dolomite
    • Shale
    • Gypsum
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Anadarko basin
    • Sedgwick basin
Publication:

Cragin, F.W., 1896, The Permian system in Kansas: Colorado College Studies, v. 6, p. 1-48., See also "Modern classifications of the Permian rocks of Kansas and Nebraska," compiled by M.G. Wilmarth, Secretary of Committee on Geologic Names, USGS unpub. corr. chart, Oct. 1936, 1 sheet


Summary:

Named Kiger division, upper division of the Cimarron series. Divided into (in ascending order) Dog Creek shales, Red Bluff sandstones, Day Creek dolomite, Hackberry shales, and Big Basin sandstone (all new). Kiger overlies Cave Creek gypsum (new) of Salt Fork division (new), the lower division of Cimarron. Thickness of group not stated. Lithologies of the formations in the group include sandstone, dolomite, shale, and gypsum. [Formations of group occur in the Anadarko and Sedgwick basins.]
Named for Kiger Creek, Clark Co., KS, [in the Anadarko basin]. Type locality not designated.

Source: Modified from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


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