Usage:
Delmore Formation (KS*)
Geologic age:
Pliocene*
Miocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: in secs. 24, 25, and 26, T. 18 S., R. 2 W., and along ravines in sec. 31, T. 18 S., R. 1 W., McPherson Co., central KS (Williams and Lohman, 1949).
AAPG geologic province:
Sedgwick 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 ([ ]).