Usage:
Reading Member of Emporia Limestone of Wabaunsee Group (IA*,KS*,NE*,OK*)
Reading Limestone Member of Emporia Formation of Wabaunsee Group (MO)
Reading Limestone of Wabaunsee Group (IA)
Reading Limestone of Vanoss Group (OK)
Reading Limestone Member of Emporia Limestone of /Nemaha subgroup [informal] of Wabaunsee Group (KS)
["Subgroup" not recognized as a formal stratigraphic rank term (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Nemaha subgroup considered informal and should not be capitalized.]
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
In vicinity of Reading, Lyon Co., eastern KS. Well exposed in roadcut near northwest corner sec. 33, T. 17 S., R. 13 E., 1 mi west and 1 mi north of Reading, eastern KS (Moore, 1936).
AAPG geologic province:
Forest City basin*
Cherokee basin*
Nemaha anticline*
Chautauqua platform*
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 ([ ]).