Cherokee Group

Cherokee Group
Stratigraphic range: Pennsylvanian
Type Group
Sub-units Cabaniss and Krebs subgroups
Underlies Marmaton Group
Overlies Riverton Formation
Lithology
Primary Shale
Other Limestone, coal, sandstone
Location
Region Missouri
Country United States
Type section
Named for Cherokee County of southeastern Kansas
Named by Haworth and Kirk (1894) [1]

The Cherokee Group is a Pennsylvanian geologic group in Missouri. The group contains most of the economic coal deposits of Missouri.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Thompson, Thomas L., 2001, Lexicon of Stratigraphic Nomenclature in Missouri, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey, Report of Investigation Number 73, p 63


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