Usage:
Janesville Shale of Admire Group (KS*,NE*,OK*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in KS*,NE*,OK*: Five Point Limestone Member, Hamlin Shale Member, West Branch Shale Member.
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: roadcut in SW/4 SE/4 sec. 23, T. 23 S., R. 10 E., Greenwood Co., southeastern KS. Named from Janesville Twp., Greenwood Co., southeastern KS (Moore and Mudge, 1956).
AAPG geologic province:
Chautauqua platform*
Cherokee basin*
Forest City basin*
Nemaha anticline*
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 ([ ]).