Usage:
Mouse Creek Formation of Marmaton Group (IA)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in IA: Blackjack Creek Limestone Member, Excello Shale Member.
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type exposure: in gully along Whitebreast Creek, in NW/4 NE/4 NE/4 sec. 8, T. 73 N., R. 22 W., Lucas Co., IA. Named from Mouse Creek, 5 mi to west-northwest. (Ravn and others, 1984).
AAPG geologic province:
Iowa shelf
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