Cherokee Group should not be confused with Cherokee heritage groups.
| Cherokee Group | |
| Type: | Group |
| Age: | Pennsylvanian |
| Prilithology: | Shale |
| Otherlithology: | Limestone, coal, sandstone |
| Namedfor: | Cherokee County of southeastern Kansas |
| Namedby: | Haworth and Kirk (1894) [1] |
| Region: | Missouri, Iowa |
| Country: | United States |
| Subunits: | Cabaniss and Krebs subgroups |
| Underlies: | Marmaton Group |
| Overlies: | Riverton Formation |
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]