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  • Usage in publication:
    • Galesburg shales*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cherokee basin
Publication:

Adams, G.I., 1903, Stratigraphy of the region, IN Adams, G.I, Girty, G.H., and White, David, Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Upper Carboniferous rocks of the Kansas section: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 211, p. 15-72.


Summary:

Pg. 36. Galesburg shales. Previously called Mound Valley shales. Fossiliferous, sandy shales, 75 to 100 feet thick, underlying Dennis limestone and overlying Hertha limestone. Thickness about 100 feet near Mound Valley, Labette County, Kansas; about 75 feet in vicinity of Galesburg, Neosho County, Kansas; thins rapidly northward along the Neosho River. Age is Pennsylvanian.
[GNC remark (ca. 1935, US geologic names lexicon, USGS Bull. 896, p. 791-792): Later work proved this lower limestone not to be Hertha but the younger Bethany Falls limestone.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 791-792); supplemental information from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Galesburg shale member
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cherokee basin
Publication:

Hinds, Henry, and Greene, F.C., 1915, The stratigraphy of the Pennsylvanian series in Missouri, with a chapter on invertebrate paleontology by G.H. Girty: Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Report, 2nd series, v. 13, 407 p., See also "Modern classifications of the Pennsylvanian rocks of eastern Kansas and southeastern Nebraska," compiled by M.G. Wilmarth, Secretary of Committee on Geologic Names, USGS unpub. corr. chart, Oct. 1936, sheet 1


Summary:

Galesburg shale member of Kansas City formation (5 to 10 feet thick in northwestern Missouri) underlies Winterset ("Dennis") limestone member (25 to 40 feet thick) and overlies Bethany Falls limestone member.
[GNC remark (ca. 1935, US geologic names lexicon, USGS Bull. 896, p. 791-792): This definition of Galesburg shale was followed for many years. In Kansas, the Kansas City deposits are treated as a group by the USGS and Galesburg shale as a formation. In southeastern Kansas the Galesburg is treated as a member of Coffeyville formation.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 791-792); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 1, Oct. 1936.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Galesburg shale
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City basin
Publication:

Newell, N.D., 1935, The geology of Johnson and Miami Counties, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 21, pt. 1, p. 7-150., Issued May 15, 1935. See also "Modern classifications of the Pennsylvanian rocks of eastern Kansas and southeastern Nebraska," compiled by M.G. Wilmarth, Secretary of Committee on Geologic Names, USGS unpub. corr. chart, Oct. 1936, sheet 2


Summary:

Stated that Stark shale and Canville limestone are present at both Dennis and at Galesburg, and that they are included in Galesburg shale of Kansas City area, but he includes them in the Dennis, as explained under Dennis limestone. [See entry under Dennis.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 791-792); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2, Oct. 1936.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Galesburg shale
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cherokee basin
Publication:

Wilmarth, M.G., 1935, [Selected Geologic Names Committee remarks (ca. 1930-1935) on Carboniferous and Permian rocks of the Midcontinent], IN Wilmarth, M.G., 1938, Lexicon of geologic names of the United States (including Alaska): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 896, pts. 1-2, 2396 p., See also Wilmarth, M.G., compiler, USGS unpub. corr. charts of Missouri (Mar. 1930); Iowa (Apr. 1930); Texas (Sept. 1930); Oklahoma (Jan. 1931, Feb. 1931); Kansas and Nebraska (Oct. 1936)


Summary:

In 1932 (Kansas Geol. Soc. 6th Ann. Field Conf. Gdbk., p. 91, 97) R.C. Moore (1) revived Dennis limestone; (2) divided it into (descending) Winterset limestone member ("same as Winterset as previously recognized in Kansas and Missouri"), Stark shale member, and Canville limestone member; and (3) stated: So-called Galesburg shale of Kansas City is mainly Stark shale. Moore also assembled Bethany Falls limestone and underlying beds into a formation which he named Swope limestone (q.v.), and assembled Dennis, Galesburg, and his Swope limestone into his Bronson group.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 791-792); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2, Oct. 1936.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Galesburg shale
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cherokee basin
Publication:

Moore, R.C., 1936, Stratigraphic classification of the Pennsylvanian rocks of Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 22, 256 p., See also "Modern classifications of the Pennsylvanian rocks of eastern Kansas and southeastern Nebraska," compiled by M.G. Wilmarth, Secretary of Committee on Geologic Names, USGS unpub. corr. chart, Oct. 1936, sheet 2


Summary:

Pg. 92+. Galesburg shale. In Linn County [Kansas], where Canville limestone disappears, Stark shale rests on Galesburg shale, and lower 1 to 3 feet of Stark shale being there black fissile shale, it is easy to separate Stark and Galesburg shales. (Upper part of Stark is 2 to 5 feet thick.) Where Canville limestone is missing in southern Kansas the absence of black shale at horizon of Stark member makes it impossible to recognize Stark shale, and upper boundary of Galesburg shale is here extended up to base of Winterset limestone.
Named from Galesburg, Neosho Co., KS, which, according to R.C. Moore, is built largely on Winterset limestone.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 791-792); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2, Oct. 1936.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cherokee basin
Publication:

Wilmarth, M.G., 1936, [Selected Geologic Names Committee remarks (ca. 1935-1938) on Carboniferous and Permian rocks of the Midcontinent], IN Wilmarth, M.G., 1938, Lexicon of geologic names of the United States (including Alaska): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 896, pts. 1-2, 2396 p.


Summary:

[ca. 1938]. These changed definitions have not been considered by the USGS for use in its publications.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 791-792); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2, Oct. 1936.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Galesburg shale
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cherokee basin
Publication:

Greene, F.C., and Searight, W.V., 1949, Revision of the classification of the post-Cherokee Pennsylvanian beds of Missouri: Missouri Division of Geological Survey and Water Resources Report of Investigations, no. 11, 22 p.


Summary:

Pg. 11-12. Galesburg shale of Kansas City group. Redefined to exclude Canville limestone and Stark shale formerly included in it by Missouri Geol. Survey.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1454).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Galesburg shale
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cherokee basin
Publication:

Moore, R.C., Frye, J.C., Jewett, J.M., Lee, Wallace, and O'Connor, H.G., 1951, The Kansas rock column: Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 89, 132 p.


Summary:

Pg. 87. Galesburg shale of Bronson subgroup [informal] of Kansas City group. Thickness 3 to 75 feet. In southern Kansas, includes Dodds Creek sandstone member. Overlies Swope limestone; underlies Dennis limestone. Southward from point where Swope limestone disappears, a few miles north of Oklahoma line, Galesburg is not separable as a unit and forms upper part of Coffeyville formation. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian).
["Subgroup" not recognized as a formal stratigraphic rank term (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Considered informal and should not be capitalized.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1454).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Galesburg shale
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Iowa shelf
Publication:

Welp, T.L., Thomas, L.A., and Dixon, H.R., 1957, A correlation and structural interpretation of the Missourian and Virgilian rocks exposed along the Middle River traverse of Iowa: Iowa Academy of Science Proceedings, v. 64, p. 416-428.


Summary:

Pg. 421. Galesburg shale of Kansas City group. Thickness about 8 feet in Madison County, Iowa. Separates Swope formation below from Dennis formation above. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1454).


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