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Geologic Unit: Bachelor Creek

Usage:

Bachelor Creek Limestone Member of Howard Limestone of Wabaunsee Group (KS*)
Bachelor Creek Limestone Member of Howard Limestone of /Sacfox subgroup [informal] of Wabaunsee Group (KS)

["Subgroup" not recognized as a formal stratigraphic rank term (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Sacfox subgroup considered informal and should not be capitalized.]


Geologic age:

Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian)*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type locality: Bachelor Creek, in sec. 33, T. 25 S., R. 11 E., about 5 mi east of Eureka, Greenwood Co., southern KS (Moore, 1936).


AAPG geologic province:

Cherokee basin*


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).