Usage:
Bevier Coal Member of Swede Hollow Formation of Cherokee Group (IA)
Bevier coal bed (informal) of Cabaniss Formation of Cherokee Group (KS)
Bevier coal bed (informal) of Senora Formation of Cabaniss Group (OK)
Bevier coal bed (informal) of /Bevier Formation of /Cabaniss subgroup [informal] of Cherokee Group (MO)
For informal usage, the rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized. [Bevier Formation in conflict with nomenclature guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). "Subgroup" not recognized as a formal stratigraphic rank term (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Cabaniss subgroup considered informal and should not be capitalized.]
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Name Bevier was originally applied by McGee (1888, Acad. of Sci. St. Louis Trans., v. 5) to coal mined at Bevier, Macon Co., western MO.
AAPG geologic province:
Chautauqua platform
Cherokee basin
Iowa shelf
Lincoln anticline
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 ([ ]).