Usage:
Bignell Loess (KS*,MO*,NE*)
Bignell Formation (KS,NE)
Geologic age:
Quaternary (late Pleistocene; Wisconsinan Glacial Age)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: 1.7 mi due south of Bignell, southeast of North Platte, in E/2 E/2 sec. 3, T. 12 N., R. 29 W., Lincoln Co., NE (Schultz and Stout, 1945).
AAPG geologic province:
Anadarko basin*
Chadron arch*
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 ([ ]).