Usage:
Huntersville Chert (KY*,MD*,NY*,OH*,PA*,VA*,WV*)
Huntersville Formation (VA)
Huntersville Formation of Hunton Group (KY)
Huntersville Member of Wildcat Valley Sandstone (TN)
Geologic age:
Devonian, Early*
Devonian, Middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Huntersville, southeastern Pocahontas Co., WV (Price, 1929).
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 ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).