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Geologic Unit: Florence

Usage:

Florence Limestone Member of Barneston Limestone of Chase Group (KS*,NE)
Florence Limestone Member of Barneston Limestone of Oscar Group (OK)
Called Florence Flint in early reports.


Geologic age:

Permian


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

Named from Florence, Marion Co., KS (Prosser, 1895).
[Type locality stated to be at quarry, 0.5 mi northeast of Florence, east side of Cottonwood River, south of railroad track, in center SE/4 sec. 6, T. 21 S., R. 5 E, Marion Co., KS. See section measured by M.K. Elias, 1935. Available online from the Kansas Geological Survey, "Kansas by County" Data Explorer; measured sections http://www.kgs.ku.edu/General/Geology/Measured/index.html (select Marion Co.; T. 21 S., R. 5 E.; section 6).]


AAPG geologic province:

Sedgwick basin
Nemaha anticline*
Chautauqua platform*


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 ([ ]).