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Geologic Unit: Greeley
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Greeley gypsum
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Gypsum
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Salina basin
Publication:

Cragin, F.W., 1896, The Permian system in Kansas: Colorado College Studies, v. 6, p. 1-48., See also "Modern classifications of the Permian rocks of Kansas and Nebraska," compiled by M.G. Wilmarth, Secretary of Committee on Geologic Names, USGS unpub. corr. chart, Oct. 1936, 1 sheet


Summary:

Pg. 10. Greeley gypsum. A gypsum bed in Geuda salt measures, about 100 feet higher stratigraphically than Hope gypsum. Age is Permian.
Named from Greeley Twp., Saline Co., central KS.
[See also "Modern classifications of the Permian rocks of Kansas and Nebraska," compiled by M.G. Wilmarth, Secretary of Committee on Geologic Names, USGS unpub. corr. chart, Oct. 1936, 1 sheet.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 866).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Greeley gypsum
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Gypsum
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Salina basin
Publication:

Grimsley, G.P., 1899, Kansas gypsum mines and mills, Chapter IV, IN Grimsley, G.P., and Bailey, E.H.S., Special report on gypsum and gysum cement plasters: Kansas Geological Survey [Report], v. 5, p. 40-50.


Summary:

Pg. 58-61. Greeley gypsum. Gives further description of this gypsum bed. Age is Permian.
[See also "Modern classifications of the Permian rocks of Kansas and Nebraska," compiled by M.G. Wilmarth, Secretary of Committee on Geologic Names, USGS unpub. corr. chart, Oct. 1936, 1 sheet.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 866).


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

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