Usage:
Ervine Creek Member of Deer Creek Limestone of Shawnee Group (IA*,KS*,MO*,NE*)
Ervine Creek Limestone Member of Deer Creek Formation of Shawnee Group (MO)
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
On Ervine Creek, about 5 mi northeast of Union, Cass Co., southeastern NE. Named from Ervine Creek (Condra, 1927, 1949).
AAPG geologic province:
Nemaha anticline*
Forest City basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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