Foraker Formation

{{Short description|Geological formation in Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma}}

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| name = Foraker Formation

| image = Foraker Formation, 800 Rosencutter Road, Manhattan, KS 20211126 165444.jpg

| caption = Roadcut exposure of Foraker Formation, South of Manhattan, KS, on Rosencutter Road.

| type = Formation

| age = Carboniferous

| prilithology = Limestone

| otherlithology = Shale

| namedfor = Foraker, Oklahoma

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| region = Midcontinent (Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma)

| country = United States

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| unitof = Council Grove Group
Informal: Vanoss Group (OK)

| subunits = Long Creek limestone
Hughes Creek shale
Americus limestone

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The Foraker Formation (or Foraker Limestone) is a geologic formation in Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma. It preserves fossils dating to the Carboniferous period.{{cite book | last = Jewett | first = John M. | title = The Geology of Riley and Geary Counties, Kansas, Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin 39 | publisher = University of Kansas Publications, State Geological Survey of Kansas | date =1941 | url = http://www.kgs.ku.edu/General/Geology/Riley/strat03b.html }}{{cite web | title = Geologic Unit: Foraker | series = Geolex — Significant Publications | work = National Geologic Database | publisher = United States Geological Survey | url = https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/Units/Foraker_15167.html | access-date = 2021-03-26 }}