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Geologic Unit: Huntington

Usage:

No current usage.
(Rocks of †Huntington Dolomite (IN*,OH) reallocated to Salamonie Dolomite. See Salamonie.)


Geologic age:

early Silurian*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section [redefined]: along dredged rock channel of Little River, from northeast corner of southwest corner of NE/4 sec. 13, T. 28 N., R. 10 E., eastward to west line of sec. 8, T. 29 N., R. 10 E., Huntington Co., IN (Cumings and Shrock, 1928).


AAPG geologic province:

Cincinnati arch*


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 ([ ]).