Cherokee Group

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Type Group Region Missouri Overlies Riverton Formation		Country United States Primary Slate Underlies Marmaton Group
Sub-units Cabaniss and Krebs subgroups Other Limestone, coal, sandstone Named for Cherokee County of southeastern Kansas Named by Haworth and Kirk (1894)

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

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