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Geologic Unit: Olney

Usage:

Olney Member of Manlius Limestone of Helderberg Group (NY*)
Olney Limestone of Helderberg Group (NY)


Geologic age:

Early Devonian*


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

Type section: 1.75 mi east of Olney Station, at old quarry at Split Rock, formerly worked by Solvay Process Company. Named from Olney Station, on Auburn and Syracuse Electric RR, Onondaga Co., central NY (Smith, 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 ([ ]).