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Geologic Unit: Haney

Usage:

Haney Limestone (KY,MO)
Haney Limestone of Stephensport Group (IN)
Haney Limestone Member of Golconda Formation (IL*,IN*,KY*,MO)


Geologic age:

Middle Mississippian (Visean; early Chesterian)*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section: on south slope of a hill along west side of NE/4 SE/4 sec. 9, T. 12 S., R. 10 E., Cave in Rock 15-min quadrangle, Hardin Co., IL. Named from Haney Creek (McFarlan and others, 1955).


AAPG geologic province:

Illinois basin*


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).