Usage:
No current usage.
(†Keownville Limestone Member of Ripley Formation (MS) replaced with Chiwapa Member of Ripley Formation. See Chiwapa.)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: roadcuts on MS State Route 30, 1.4 to 2.1 mi south of Keownville, Union Co., on north-facing slope of Willhite Creek valley and parallel to Daniel Creek, a north-flowing tributary of Willhite Creek, in E/2 sec. 31, T. 6 S., R. 4 E. (Sohl, 1960).
AAPG geologic province:
Upper Mississippi embayment
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