Usage:
Cabaniss Group (OK*-outcrop)
Cabaniss Formation of Cherokee Group (KS*)
/Cabaniss subgroup [informal] of Cherokee Group (MO)
["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.]
Subunits:
GROUP STATUS (alphabetical) --all in OK*: Calvin Sandstone, Chelsea Sandstone, Lagonda Sandstone, Senora Formation.
/SUBGROUP STATUS (alphabetical) --all in MO (Missouri Geol. Survey Rpt. Inv., no. 70, pt. 5, Pennsylvanian, 2004): Bevier Formation, Croweburg Formation, Fleming Formation, Lagonda Formation, Mineral Formation, Mulky Formation, Robinson Branch Formation, Scammon Formation, Tebo Formation, Verdigris Formation, Weir Formation.
FORMATION STATUS (alphabetical) --all in KS (Kansas Geol. Survey Bull., no. 189, pl. 1, 1968): Bevier coal bed (informal), Breezy Hill Limestone Member*, Chelsea Sandstone Member*, Croweburg coal bed (informal), Fleming coal bed (informal), Mineral coal bed (informal), Mulky coal bed (informal), Scammon coal bed (informal), Tebo coal bed (informal), Tiawah limestone bed (informal), Verdigris Limestone Member*, Weir-Pittsburg coal bed.
[?] Lagonda Sandstone Member (KS*,MO*).
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from village of Cabaniss, in T. 6 N., R. 12 E., northwestern Pittsburg Co., OK (Oakes, 1953).
AAPG geologic province:
Arkoma basin*
Chautauqua platform*
Cherokee basin*
Forest City 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 ([ ]).