Usage:
Scranton Shale of Wabaunsee Group (IA*,KS*,MO*,NE*)
Scranton Shale of Shawnee Group (IA,KS,MO,NE)
Scranton Formation of Wabaunsee Group (MO)
Scranton Shale of /Sacfox subgroup [informal] of Wabaunsee Group (KS)
["Subgroup" not recognized as a formal stratigraphic rank term (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Sacfox subgroup considered informal and should not be capitalized.]
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Cedar Vale Member (or Shale Member), Happy Hollow Limestone Member, Rulo Limestone Member, Silver Lake Member (or Shale Member), White Cloud Member (or Shale Member).
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Reference section: exposures along eastward-flowing stream extending through middle part of sec. 34, T. 12 S., R. 15 E., Shawnee Co., eastern KS (Moore and Mudge, 1956).
AAPG geologic province:
Forest City basin*
Nemaha anticline*
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 ([ ]).