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Geologic Unit: Earlton
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Earlton limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cherokee basin
Publication:

Haworth, Erasmus, 1898, Stratigraphy of the Kansas coal measures, Part 1, IN Special report on coal: Kansas Geological Survey [Report], v. 3, p. 13-105.


Summary:

Pg. 51, 103. Earlton limestone. Name proposed by G.I. Adams, for limestone near summit of Thayer shales, which in local areas is relatively prominent, developing into prominent ledge to west and northwest of Earlton [Neosho County, eastern Kansas]. Separated from overlying Iola limestone by shales. [Some later reports stated this limestone is Iola limestone.] Age is Pennsylvanian.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 652).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Earlton 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. 127, 251. †Earlton limestone. Abandoned for Plattsburg limestone.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 652); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2, Oct. 1936.


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