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  • Usage in publication:
    • Appanoose beds
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Iowa shelf
Publication:

Bain, H.F., 1896, Geology of Appanoose County [Iowa], IN Calvin, Samuel, and Bain, H.F., Annual report, 1895, with accompanying papers: Iowa Geological Survey Annual Report, v. 5, p. 361-438.


Summary:

Pg. 378-394. Appanoose beds. Shales, limestones, coals, and clays forming lower part of Des Moines stage in Appanoose County. Overlain by Chariton conglomerate (top division of Des Moines stage). Includes Mystic coal. Age is Middle Pennsylvanian.
Named from development in Appanoose Co., IA.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 61-62).


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

Bain, H.F., 1897, Geology of Guthrie County [Iowa], IN Calvin, Samuel, and Leonard, A.G., Annual report, 1896, with accompanying papers: Iowa Geological Survey Annual Report, v. 7, p. 413-488.


Summary:

Pg. 426-469. Divided Des Moines "stage" of Guthrie County, Iowa, into (descending): (1) sandy shale, 40 to 100 feet (probably = Pleasanton shale of Missouri and Kansas); (2) shale, sandstones, and limestones with 3 coals (probably = Appanoose formation of Iowa and Henrietta formation of Missouri); (3) sandstones, sandy shale, coals, etc. corresponding to Cherokee shale of Kansas. Age is Middle Pennsylvanian.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 61-62).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Appanoose beds
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Iowa shelf
Publication:

Bain, H.F., 1905, Cement materials in Iowa, IN Eckel, E.C., and Bain, H.F., Cement and cement materials of Iowa, OF Wilder, F.A., and Savage, T.E., Annual Report, 1904, with accompanying papers: Iowa Geological Survey Annual Report, v. 15, p. 102-122., [1904?]


Summary:

Pg. 102-122. Appanoose beds, near middle of Des Moines formation. include Mystic or Centreville coal, also limestones known as "Bottom rock limestone, "Cap rock limestone", "Thirteen-foot limestone", and "Fifty-foot limestone." Age is Middle Pennsylvanian.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 61-62).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Appanoose formation†
  • Modifications:
    • Abandoned
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Iowa shelf
Publication:

Lees, J.H., 1909, General section of the Des Moines Stage of Iowa, IN Calvin, Samuel, and Lees, J.H., Annual report, 1908, with accompanying papers: Iowa Geological Survey Annual Report, v. 19, p. 598-604.


Summary:

Pg. 598-604. Appanoose formation = Henrietta formation of Missouri. Consists of (descending): Lonsdale coal, 1 to 2.5 feet; shale with limestone and sandstone seams, 25 to 100 feet; coal and fine clay, 4 to 16 feet; Chariton conglomerate, 15 to 25 feet; shales and limestones, 50 to 100 feet; Mystic coal, 6 to 36 inches; fine clay, 1 to 8 feet; limestone 15 to 35 feet. Underlies Pleasanton shales and overlies Cherokee beds. Age is Pennsylvanian.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 61-62).


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

Moore, R.C. (chairman), 1944, Correlation of Pennsylvanian formations of North America; Chart No. 6, Correlation chart of Pennsylvanian rocks of North America: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 55, no. 6, p. 657-706., Prepared by the Pennsylvanian Subcommittee, R.C. Moore, chairman, under the auspices of the National Research Council Committee on Stratigraphy, C.O. Dunbar, chairman


Summary:

Chart 6 (column 31). Appanoose group. Shown on Pennsylvanian correlation chart as a group comprising strata from unconformity below Mulky coal to base of Pleasanton [shale].

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 117-118).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Appanoose group†
  • Modifications:
    • Abandoned
Publication:

Moore, R.C., 1948, Classification of Pennsylvanian rocks in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and northern Oklahoma: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 32, no. 11, p. 2011-2040. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 2027-2028. Appanoose group. Apparently abandoned in favor of Marmaton group. Appanoose includes some upper Cherokee strata and corresponds to Henrietta group as treated by Cline (1939) and redefined by McQueen (1943).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 117-118).


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