Usage:
Plumb Shale Member of Wood Siding Formation of Wabaunsee Group (KS*)
Plumb Shale Member of Wood Siding Formation of /Richardson subgroup [informal] of Wabaunsee Group (KS)
["Subgroup" not recognized as a formal stratigraphic rank term (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Richardson subgroup considered informal and should not be capitalized.]
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposed in an east-west roadcut in SW/4 SE/4 SE/4 sec. 30, T. 14 S., R. 13 E., about 1.5 miles west of Harveyville, Wabaunsee Co., eastern KS. Named from Plumb Twp., southeastern Wabaunsee Co., eastern KS (Moore and Mudge, 1956).
AAPG geologic province:
Forest City basin*
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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 ([ ]).