Usage:
No current usage.
(†Caneyville Shale Member of Wood Siding Formation (NE) considered abandoned.)
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
In sec. 11, T. 32 S., R. 8 E., Caneyville Twp., Chautauqua Co., KS. Named from Caneyville Twp., KS (letter from E.C. Reed, Asst. State Geologist of Nebraska, Oct. 16, 1936).
AAPG geologic province:
Cherokee basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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