Usage:
No current usage.
(†Cowcreek member (informal) of /Four Corners Formation of Breathitt Group (KY) abandoned. Replaced with Arnett Member. See Arnett.)
[Four Corners Formation conflicts with nomenclature guidelines (NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021).]
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (early Moscovian; Westphalian B; middle Atokan)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Type locality not designated.] Named from exposures in Eastern Kentucky coal field, Cowcreek 7.5-min quadrangle, Owsley and Breathitt Cos., southeastern KY (Chesnut, 1991).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian 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 ([ ]).