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  • Usage in publication:
    • Braddyville limestones
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City basin
Publication:

Smith, G.L., 1909, The Carboniferous section of southwestern Iowa, IN Calvin, Samuel, and Lees, J.H., Annual report, 1908, with accompanying papers: Iowa Geological Survey Annual Report, v. 19, p. 605-657.


Summary:

Pg. 617, 618, 623, 629, 632. Braddyville limestones. Limestones and shales, 50 feet thick, forming basal part of Atchison shales. Underlies City Bluffs [Scranton] shales and overlies Forbes [Deer Creek] limestone. Included in Missouri stage.
Named from exposures at Braddyville, Page Co., southwestern IA.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 246).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Braddyville formation
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Nemaha anticline
    • Salina basin
Publication:

Condra, G.E., and Bengtson, N.A., 1915, The Pennsylvanian formations of southeastern Nebraska: Nebraska Academy of Sciences Publications, v. 9, no. 2, 60 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:

Braddyville formation. In southeastern Nebraska, includes the following members (ascending): unnamed shale, 6 to 10 feet; Meadow limestone (new), 2 feet 7 inches to 4 feet; unnamed shale, 2 feet 8 inches to 6 feet; an undetermined interval of unknown thickness; Union limestone (new), 3 feet 8 inches to 4 feet; unnamed shale; Louisville limestone (new), 10 to 12 feet; unnamed shale 6.5 to 10 feet; South Bend limestone (new), 8 to 9 feet; unnamed shale, 16 to 18 feet; and Ashland limestone (new), 12 feet. Total thickness 90+ feet. Overlies Forbes limestone (Deer Creek); underlies City Bluffs shales (Scranton). Age is Pennsylvanian. Report includes measured sections, cross sections.

Source: GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 1, Oct. 1936; supplemental information from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Braddyville limestone†
  • Modifications:
    • Abandoned
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. 191, 195. †Braddyville limestone of Missouri and Iowa. Includes Topeka limestone and Calhoun shale of Shawnee group.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 246); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2.


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