Usage:
Stranger Formation of Douglas Group (KS*,MO*,NE*)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Typically exposed along east side of sec. 3, T. 12 S., R. 21 E., Leavenworth Co., KS. Named from Stranger Creek, near Tonganoxie, KS (Newell, 1935).
AAPG geologic province:
Forest City 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 ([ ]).