Usage:
No current usage.
(†Ashland limestone member of Braddyville Formation (NE) replaced with †Weeping Water limestone, which later was shown to be a synonym of Toronto Limestone Member of Oread Formation of Shawnee Group. See Toronto.)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from town of Ashland, Saunders Co., southeastern NE (Condra and Bengtson, 1915).
AAPG geologic province:
Salina basin
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