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Geologic Unit: Salt Grass

Usage:

Salt Grass Member of Pierre Shale (KS*)
Salt Grass Shale Member of Pierre Shale of Montana Group (KS)


Geologic age:

Late Cretaceous*


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

Named from Salt Grass Canyon, the southern tributary of Goose Creek, in secs. 1 and 12, T. 12 S., R. 42 W., [Horsethief Draw 7.5-min quadrangle], Wallace Co., northwestern KS (Elias, 1931).


AAPG geologic province:

Anadarko 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 ([ ]).