Usage:
Minnewaste Limestone Member of Lakota Formation (SD*)
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section not designated.
Reference section: Fall River Canyon, in NW/4 sec. 33, T. 7 S., R. 6 E., Hot Springs quadrangle, Fall River Co., SD (Post and Bell, 1961).
AAPG geologic province:
Chadron arch*
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 ([ ]).