Usage:
Burr Member of Grenola Limestone of Council Grove Group (KS*,NE*,OK*)
Burr Limestone of Vanoss Group (OK)
Geologic age:
early Permian (Wolfcampian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: bluffs and ravines west of South Fork of the Little Nemaha River, in sec. 20, at point 0.25 mi west of north-south road, 2.5 mi northwest of Burr, Otoe Co., NE. Named from town of Burr, Otoe Co., NE (Condra and Busby, 1933).
AAPG geologic province:
Chautauqua platform*
Cherokee basin*
Forest City basin*
Nemaha anticline*
Salina 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 ([ ]).