Cherokee Group
Geologic group in Missouri and Iowa, US
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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]
| 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, Iowa |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Cherokee County of southeastern Kansas |
| Named by | Haworth and Kirk (1894) [1] |
