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Geologic Unit: Garnett
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Garnett limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City basin
Publication:

Haworth, Erasmus, and Kirk, M.Z., 1894, A geologic section along the Neosho River from the Mississippian formation of the Indian Territory to White City, Kansas, and along the Cottonwood River from Wyckoff to Peabody, IN Report on field work in geology for season of 1893, by the Department of Physical Geology and Mineralogy, University of Kansas: Kansas University Quarterly, v. 2, no. 3, p. 104-115.


Summary:

Pg. 110, 120-121. Hard compact limestones, separated into two parts by 8 to 10 feet of shale. Here called Burlington or Garnett limestone, ultimate choice of name being left to future. Overlies Le Roy shales. Separated from higher Strawn limestone by 75 to 100 feet of shale. Age is Pennsylvanian.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 802).


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  • Usage in publication:
    • "Garnett limestone"
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
Publication:

Hinds, Henry, and Greene, F.C., 1915, The stratigraphy of the Pennsylvanian series in Missouri, with a chapter on invertebrate paleontology by G.H. Girty: Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Report, 2nd series, v. 13, 407 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:

"Garnett limestone" of Kansas includes (descending) Stanton limestone, Vilas shale, and Plattsburg limestone.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 802).


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  • Usage in publication:
    • Garnett limestone†
  • Modifications:
    • Abandoned
Publication:

Newell, N.D., 1935, The geology of Johnson and Miami Counties, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 21, pt. 1, p. 7-150., Issued May 15, 1935. 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. 70. †Garnett limestone. Moore's restricted Lansing group, to include only Stanton limestone, Vilas shale, and Plattsburg limestone, corresponds to Garnett limestone of early Kansas Survey. The revival of Garnett might not be desirable, however, inasmuch as the term has been used for several different units and has never had wide acceptance.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 802).


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

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