Usage:
Hickory Creek Shale Member of Plattsburg Limestone of Lansing Group (KS*)
Hickory Creek Shale Member of Plattsburg Formation of Lansing Group (IA*,MO*,NE*)
Also called Hickory in some early reports.
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Hickory Creek near Peoria, Franklin Co., eastern KS (Newell, 1935).
Type locality: in RR cut near center east side sec. 14, T. 15 S., R. 23 E., southern Johnson Co., eastern KS (Condra, 1949).
AAPG geologic province:
Forest City basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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