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  • Usage in publication:
    • Caneyville shale member
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City basin
    • Nemaha anticline
Publication:

Condra, G.E., 1935, Geologic cross-section, Forest City, Missouri to south of Du Bois, Nebraska: Nebraska Geological Survey Paper, no. 8, 23 p., Issued late in 1935. See also USGS unpub. corr. charts of Pennsylvanian and Permian rocks of KS and NE, compiled by M.G. Wilmarth, Secretary of Committee on Geologic Names, Oct. 1936


Summary:

Pg. 9. Caneyville shale. 17 feet thick, underlies Greyhorse [Grayhorse] limestone and overlies Nebraska City limestone, all included in Pony Creek shale formation of Wabaunsee group. Top part of Caneyville is gray and shaly; middle and lower parts shaly and sandy, with plant leaves. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgil).
[Origin of name not stated.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 334); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2, Oct. 1936.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Caneyville shale member
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cherokee basin
Publication:

Condra, G.E., 1949, The nomenclature, type localities, and correlation of the Pennsylvanian subdivisions in eastern Nebraska and adjacent states: Nebraska Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 16, 67 p.


Summary:

Pg. 13. In Nebraska Caneyville shale is a poorly defined member of Wood Siding formation; thickness 6 to 10 feet. Underlies Pony Creek shale member with boundary indefinite; overlies Nebraska City limestone member.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 608-609).


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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