Usage:
Mine Creek Shale Member of Pawnee Limestone of Marmaton Group (IA,KS*,MO*,OK*)
Mine Creek Shale Member of Pawnee Formation of /Appanoose subgroup [informal] of Marmaton Group (MO)
["Subgroup" not recognized as a formal stratigraphic rank term (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Appanoose subgroup considered informal and should not be capitalized.]
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type exposure: near middle of south side of sec. 23, T. 21 S., R. 25 E., Linn Co., KS (Jewett, 1941).
AAPG geologic province:
Forest City basin*
Cherokee 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 ([ ]).