Usage:
Honaker Dolomite of Conasauga Group (AL*,GA*,TN*,VA*)
Honaker Limestone of Conasauga Group (TN*)
Honaker Limestone (VA*)
Honaker Formation (VA)
Honaker Dolomite (WV*)
Geologic age:
Middle to Late Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures at Honaker, Russell Co., southwestern VA (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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 ( ).
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