Usage:
Bisher Formation (OH)
Bisher Limestone (OH*,KY*)
Bisher Dolomite (KY*)
Geologic age:
Silurian (Llandovery to Ludlow)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Typically exposed northeast of Bisher Dam [about 1 mi south of Hillsboro, Highland Co., southwestern OH] (Foerste, 1917).
AAPG geologic province:
Cincinnati arch*
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 ([ ]).