Usage:
Fredonia Member of Ste. Genevieve Limestone (IL*,IN*,KY*,TN*)
Fredonia Oolite Member of Ste. Genevieve Limestone (MO)
Subunits:
Lost River Chert Bed (IL,IN,KY)
Geologic age:
Middle Mississippian (Visean; early Chesterian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Fredonia, Caldwell Co., KY (Ulrich and Smith, 1905).
AAPG geologic province:
Illinois basin*
Upper Mississippi embayment*
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 ([ ]).