Usage:
Auburn Shale of Wabaunsee Group (IA*,KS*,MO*,NE*,OK*)
Auburn Shale of Ada Group (OK)
Auburn Shale of /Nemaha subgroup [informal] of Wabaunsee Group (KS,MO)
["Subgroup" not recognized as a formal stratigraphic rank term (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Nemaha subgroup considered informal and should not be capitalized.]
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality not designated but undoubtably in vicinity of Auburn, Shawnee Co., KS. Good exposures along Wakarusa Creek near NE corner sec. 26, T. 13 S., R. 14 E., southwest of Auburn (Moore, 1936).
AAPG geologic province:
Forest City basin*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).