Usage:
Little Osage Shale Member of Fort Scott Limestone of Marmaton Group (KS,OK)
Little Osage Shale Member of Stephens Forest Formation of Marmaton Group (IA)
Little Osage Formation of /Fort Scott subgroup [informal] of Marmaton Group (MO)
["Subgroup" not recognized as a formal stratigraphic rank term (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Fort Scott subgroup considered informal and should not be capitalized.]
Subunits:
FORMATION STATUS (alphabetical) --all in MO: Binkley Shale Member, Blackwater Creek Shale Member, Houx Limestone Member, Morgan School Shale Member.
MEMBER STATUS: Houx Bed (KS).
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type exposure: exposure in northeast part of the SE/4 sec. 2, T. 24 S., R. 25 E., Bourbon Co., KS (Jewett, 1941).
AAPG geologic province:
Cherokee basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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