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  • Usage in publication:
    • Bachelor Creek limestone member
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cherokee basin
Publication:

Moore, R.C., 1932, A reclassification of the Pennsylvanian system in the northern Midcontinent region, IN Carboniferous rocks of eastern Kansas, eastern Nebraska, and western Missouri: Kansas Geological Society Guidebook for the Annual Field Conference, August 28-September 3, 1932, no. 6, p. 79-98., 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. 94, 96. Bachelor Creek limestone member of Howard limestone of Wabaunsee group. Members of Howard limestone have been assigned names as follows, ascending: Bachelor Creek limestone, Aarde shale (containing Nodaway coal), Church limestone, Winzeler shale, and Utopia limestone. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgil). [Origin of names not stated. On p. 21 Bachelor Creek limestone is described as consisting of 1.35 feet of blue limestone weathering brown and shaly.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 99); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2, Oct. 1936.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Bachelor Creek limestone member
  • Modifications:
    • Principal reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • 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. 205-207. Bachelor Creek limestone, lowest member of Howard limestone of Wabaunsee group, is developed in southern Kansas from Greenwood County southward. It is hard, somewhat sandy, impure, bluish gray limestone ranging in thickness up to 3+/- feet. Occurs below Aarde shale member, in which Nodaway coal lies near base. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgil).
Type locality: Bachelor Creek, in sec. 33, T. 25 S., R. 11 E., about 5 mi east of Eureka, Greenwood Co., southern KS.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 99); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2, Oct. 1936.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Bachelor Creek limestone member*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • 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. 57 (fig. 22), 63. Bachelor Creek limestone. Basal member of Howard limestone. Underlies Aarde shale member; overlies Severy shale. Locally two beds separated by shale. Thickness as much as 8 feet. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 188).


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