Usage:
Little Bear Formation (AL,IL*,KY,MS*,MO*,TN)
Little Bear Residuum (AL,KY,MS,TN)
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous(?)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Drainage area of Little Bear Creek heading 1 mi northeast of Iuka, Tishomingo Co., northeastern MS (Mellen, 1937).
AAPG geologic province:
Black Warrior basin*
Upper Mississippi embayment*
Cincinnati arch
Illinois basin*
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 ([ ]).