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Geologic Unit: Stouts Creek

Usage:

No current usage.
(Rocks of †Stouts Creek Rhyolite of †Van East Group (MO-recognized locally in St. Francois Mountains area) reallocated to formations in /Butler Hill and /Taum Sauk Groups of /St. Francois Mountains Volcanic Supergroup. See Butler Hill, Taum Sauk, and St. Francois.)


Geologic age:

Mesoproterozoic


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

Type locality: Stouts Creek shut-ins, in sec. 2, T. 33 N., R. 4 E., Iron Co., MO (Tolman and Robertson, 1969).


AAPG geologic province:

Midcontinent region


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