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  • Usage in publication:
    • Brecksville shale member
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Prosser, C.S., 1912, The Devonian and Mississippian formations of northeastern Ohio: Ohio Division of Geological Survey Bulletin, 4th series, no. 15, 574 p.


Summary:

Pg. 69, 98, 127. Brecksville shale member of Orangeville formation. Blackish or bluish black shale, with few thin sandstones, 105 feet thick; forming major part of Orangeville formation. Underlain by Aurora sandstone member of Orangeville [0 to 10 feet thick] and overlain by Royalton formation. Age is Mississippian.
Named from Brecksville, Cuyahoga Co., northeastern OH.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 258).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Brecksville shale member†
  • Modifications:
    • Abandoned
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Wilmarth, M.G., 1936, [Selected Geologic Names Committee remarks (ca. 1931-1938) on Paleozoic rocks of the Appalachians], 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:

†Brecksville shale member of Orangeville shale abandoned. Corresponds to all of Orangeville shale except basal 10 to 20 feet. (See USGS Bull. 818, 1931).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 258).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Brecksville shale
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
    • [Reinstated]
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Stout, Wilber, Ver Steeg, Karl, and Lamb, G.F., 1943, Geology of water in Ohio: Ohio Division of Geological Survey Bulletin, 4th series, no. 44, 694 p.


Summary:

Pg. 137. Noted as Brecksville shale in Orangeville shale member of Cuyahoga formation. Age is Mississippian.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 466).


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