Usage:
Proffit Mountain Formation of /Taum Sauk Group of /St. Francois Mountains Volcanic Supergroup (MO-recognized locally in St. Francois Mountains area)
[Name Taum Sauk used for both group and formation within it (Taum Sauk Rhyolite has priority); name St. Francois Mountains applied concurrently to two different units in same area; a [supergroup] name combines a geographic name with the term ["supergroup,"] and no lithic designation is included (see ACSN, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021).]
Geologic age:
Precambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in SW/4 sec. 16, T. 33 N., R. 2 E., Johnson Shut-ins quadrangle, southeast MO; probably named from mountain in northeast Reynolds Co., MO (Berry, 1976).
AAPG geologic province:
Midcontinent region
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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