Usage:
Mauzy Formation (KY*)
Geologic age:
Permian, Early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (composite; subsurface and outcrop): (1) Kentucky Geological Survey corehole Gil-30, 7.5 mi northeast of Sturgis, northwestern Bordley quadrangle, 340 ft thick; and (2) 50 ft of younger strata in a nearby ridge, 1 mi west of Cap Mauzy Lake, Union Co., KY (Kehn and others, 1982).
AAPG geologic province:
Illinois 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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