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  • Usage in publication:
    • Clay Creek limestone member
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City 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 (table). Clay Creek limestone member of Kanwaka shale of Shawnee group. A very persistent limestone in upper Kanwaka shale is named Clay Creek limestone and the portions of the Kanwaka above and below are given the names Stull shale and Jackson Park shale, respectively. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgil). [On p. 52 Clay Creek limestone is described as consisting of 2 feet of hard bluish limestone that weathers brown; shelly. Origin of name not stated.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 455); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2, Oct. 1936.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Clay Creek limestone member
  • Modifications:
    • Principal reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City 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. 171. Clay Creek limestone member of Kanwaka shale of Shawnee group. More fully described this limestone and gave type locality as Clay Creek, about 1 mi. west of Atchison, [Atchison Co.], northeastern KS. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgil).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 455); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2, Oct. 1936.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • [Clay Creek limestone member]
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Nemaha anticline
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. 24. [Clay Creek limestone member of Kanwaka shale.] Thickness about 1 foot in Weeping Water Valley, Cass County, southeastern Nebraska. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 826-827).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Clay Creek limestone member
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City basin
Publication:

Greene, F.C., and Searight, W.V., 1949, Revision of the classification of the post-Cherokee Pennsylvanian beds of Missouri: Missouri Division of Geological Survey and Water Resources Report of Investigations, no. 11, 22 p.


Summary:

Pg. vii, 17. Clay Creek limestone member of Kanwaka shale. Overlies Jackson Park shale member; underlies Stull shale member. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 826-827).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Clay Creek limestone member*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City 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. 62 (fig. 23), 67. Clay Creek limestone member of Kanwaka shale. Dark-blue to bluish-gray limestone, commonly massive and dense; fusulines locally abundant. Thickness as much as 5 feet. Underlies Stull shale member; overlies Jackson Park shale member. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 826-827).


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