Usage:
Cottonwood Member of Beattie Limestone of Council Grove Group (KS*,NE,OK)
Cottonwood Limestone Member of Beattie Formation of Council Grove Group (KS)
Cottonwood Limestone of Council Grove Group (KS*,NE,OK*)
Cottonwood Limestone of Oscar Group (OK)
Originally called Cottonwood Falls Limestone.
Geologic age:
early Permian (Wolfcampian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Cottonwood Falls, Chase Co., KS (Haworth and Kirk, 1894).
AAPG geologic province:
Cherokee basin*
Forest City basin*
Nemaha 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 ([ ]).