Cherokee Group

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]

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]

See also

• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Missouri
• Paleontology in Missouri