Usage:
Kingdom Sandstone Member of Glenwood Formation of Ancell Group (IL)
Kingdom Member of St. Peter Sandstone (MO)
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician (Mohawkian; Turinian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: ravine in NE/4 SE/4 NW/4 sec. 36, T. 23 N., R. 9 E., 3 mi north of Kingdom, [Grand Detour 7.5-min quadrangle], Ogle Co., northern IL. Named from Kingdom, [Grand Detour 7.5-min quadrangle], Lee Co., northern IL (Templeton and Willman, 1963; see Willman and others, 1975).
AAPG geologic province:
Lincoln anticline
Wisconsin arch
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 ([ ]).