Cherokee Group
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Not to be confused with Cherokee heritage groups.
The Cherokee Group is a Pennsylvanian geologic group in Missouri and Iowa. The group contains most of the economic coal deposits of Missouri and Iowa.[1][2]
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Cherokee Group | |
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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, Iowa |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Cherokee County of southeastern Kansas |
Named by | Haworth and Kirk (1894) [1] |
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