Usage:
Shimer Gypsum Member of Blaine Formation of Nippewalla Group (KS*)
Shimer Gypsum Member of Blaine Formation of El Reno Group (OK*)
Shimer Gypsum Member of Blaine Formation of Pease River Group (TX*)
Shimer Dolomite Bed of Van Vacter Gypsum Member of Blaine Formation of Pease River Group (TX)
Geologic age:
early Permian (Leonardian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: Shimer Twp., [Coldwater quadrangle (scale 1:125,000)], Comanche Co., central southern KS. Notable exposures at confluence with Nescatunga Creek with Salt Creek, where it caps an outlier of the Blaine Formation.
AAPG geologic province:
Anadarko basin*
Chautauqua platform*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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