Usage:
Elgin Sandstone Lentil of Kanwaka Shale of Vamoosa Group (OK*)
Elgin sandstone (informal) (KS)
For informal usage, the rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Great development around Elgin, southern KS (Haworth, 1898; name credited to G.I. Adams).
[Elgin is in Chautauqua Co., just north of KS-OK line.]
AAPG geologic province:
Chautauqua platform*
Cherokee 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 ([ ]).