Usage:
Highland Shale Member of Wellington Formation of Sumner Group (KS-local)
Geologic age:
early Permian (Leonardian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Highland Twp., in T. 22 S., R. 1 E., [Doniphan Co.], central KS (Ver Wiebe, 1937).
AAPG geologic province:
Forest City basin
Sedgwick 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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