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Read about the Mississippian Subsystem Informal Oil Field Names in the Mississippian

Stratigraphic column is from ISGS Bulletin 95 (1975).

Mississippian Subsystem Mississippian Subsystem Chesterian Series Elviran Stage Pope Megagroup Grove Church Shale Kinkaid Limestone Goreville Limestone Member Cave Hill Shale Member Negli Creek Limestone Member Degonia Sandstone Clore Formation Ford Station Limestone Member Tygett Sandstone Member Cora Limestone Member Palestine Sandstone Menard Limestone Allard Limestone Member Scottsburg Limestone Member Walche Limestone Member Waltersburg Formation Vienna Limestone Tar Springs Sandstone Hombergian Stage Okaw Group Glen Dean Limestone Hardinsburg Sandstone Golconda Group Haney Limestone Fraileys Shale Big Clifty Sandstone Member Gasperian Stage Beech Creek Limestone West Baden Group Cypress Sandstone Paint Creek Group Ridenhower Formation Reelsville Limestone Member Sample Sandstone Member Beaver Bend Limestone Member Bethel Sandstone Mammoth Cave Limestone Megagroup Cedar Bluff Limestone Group Downeys Bluff Limestone Yankeetown Sandstone Renault Limestone Shetlerville Limestone Member Popcorn Sandstone Member Valmeyeran Series Genevievian Stage Levias Limestone Member Aux Vases Sandstone Rosiclare Sandstone Member Ste. Genevieve Limestone Joppa Member Karnak Limestone Member Spar Mountain Sandstone Member Fredonia Limestone Member St. Louis Limestone Salem Limestone Rocher Member Chalfin Member Fults Member Kidd Member Ullin Limestone Harrodsburg Limestone Member Ramp Creek Limestone Member Knobs Megagroup Borden Siltstone Sonora Formation Fort Payne Formation Warsaw Shale Bilyeu Member Keokuk Limestone Montrose Chert Member Burlington Limestone Fern Glen Formation Springville Shale State Pond Member Kinderhookian Series Chouteau Limestone North Hill Group Meppen Limestone Starrs Cave Limestone Prospect Hill Siltstone McCraney Limestone New Albany Shale Group Hannibal Shale Nutwood Shale Member Glen Park Formation