Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †Elk Falls Limestone (KS) reallocated to Lecompton Limestone, Tecumseh Shale, Deer Creek Limestone, Calhoun Shale, and Topeka Limestone of Shawnee Group. See Lecompton, Tecumseh, Deer Creek, Calhoun, and Topeka.)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Elk Falls, Elk Co., southern KS (Haworth, 1898).
AAPG geologic province:
Cherokee basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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