Usage:
No current usage.
(†Middle Creek limestone ledge (informal) in Graneros Formation (SD) replaced with Orman Lake Limestone Member of Greenhorn Formation. See Orman Lake.)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from exposures on northeast side of valley of Middle Creek, in T. 9 N., R. 1 and 2 E., Butte Co., SD (Wing, 1940).
AAPG geologic province:
Williston basin
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