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Geologic Unit: Mission

Usage:

Mission Sandstone Member of Tallant Formation of Ochelata Group (OK*)


Geologic age:

Pennsylvanian*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Not designated. Named from occurrence along Mission Creek, in secs. 13, 14, 23, 24, and 25, T. 28 N., R. 11 E., Osage Co., OK (Goldman and Robinson, 1922).


AAPG geologic province:

Chautauqua platform*


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 ([ ]).