Usage:
Harveyville Shale Member of Emporia Limestone of Wabaunsee Group (KS*,OK*)
Harveyville Shale Member of Emporia Formation of Wabaunsee Group (IA*,MO*,NE*)
Harveyville Shale Member of Emporia Limestone of Vanoss Group (OK)
Harveyville Shale Member of Emporia Limestone of /Nemaha subgroup [informal] of Wabaunsee Group (KS)
Harveyville Shale Member of Emporia Formation of /Nemaha subgroup [informal] of Wabaunsee Group (MO)
["Subgroup" not recognized as a formal stratigraphic rank term (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Nemaha subgroup considered informal and should not be capitalized.]
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian, Late*
Virgilian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Near Harveyville, southeastern part of Wabaunsee Co., eastern KS. Good section in sec. 25, T. 15 S., R. 13 E. (Moore, 1936).
AAPG geologic province:
Forest City basin*
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 ([ ]).