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  • Usage in publication:
    • Heebner shale bed
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Nemaha anticline
Publication:

Condra, G.E., 1927, The stratigraphy of the Pennsylvanian system in Nebraska: Nebraska Geological Survey Bulletin, 2nd series, no. 1, 291 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:

Pg. 32, 33, 37. Heebner shale bed of Oread limestone member of Douglas formation. Underlies Plattsmouth limestone and overlies Leavenworth limestone. Top part is bluish and argillaceous; lower part is black, finely bedded, and somewhat carbonaceous. Thickness 5 feet or more. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Missouri age). Report includes cross sections, measured sections, geologic maps, stratigraphic tables.
Type locality: 2.5 mi west and 1.5 mi north of Nehawka, Cass Co., southeastern NE. Named from Heebner Creek and Heebner farm, west of Nehawka, Cass Co., southeastern NE.

Source: US geologic names lexicons (USGS Bull. 896, p. 934; USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1719); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 1, Oct. 1936; supplemental information from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


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  • Usage in publication:
    • Heebner shale bed
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
Publication:

Condra, G.E., 1930, Correlation of the Pennsylvanian beds in the Platte and Jones Point sections of Nebraska: Nebraska Geological Survey Bulletin, 2nd series, no. 3, 57 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:

Pg. 11. Heebner shale bed of Oread limestone member of Douglas formation. Thickness 3.5 to 6 feet. Overlies Leavenworth limestone bed and underlies Plattsmouth limestone bed, both of Oread. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Missouri age). The so-called Heebner of Bull. 1 Nebraska Geol. Survey is Galesburg shale member.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 934); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 1, Oct. 1936.


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  • Usage in publication:
    • Heebner shale member
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    • Areal extent
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. 12. Heebner shale member of Oread limestone of Shawnee group. Continued to use Heebner shale for the shale underlying Plattsmouth limestone and overlying Leavenworth limestone, and R.C. Moore also used it in Kansas in his 1936 classification. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgil).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 934); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 1, Oct. 1936.


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  • Usage in publication:
    • Heebner shale member*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
Publication:

Moore, R.C., 1948, Classification of Pennsylvanian rocks in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and northern Oklahoma: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 32, no. 11, p. 2011-2040. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 2035 (fig. 5); 1949, Kansas Geol. Survey Bull., no. 83, p. 126 (fig. 22), 148-149. Heebner shale member of Oread formation. Underlies Plattsmouth member; overlies Leavenworth limestone member. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian). This is classification agreed upon by State Geol. Surveys of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, May 1947.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1719).


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  • Usage in publication:
    • Heebner shale member*
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Iowa shelf
Publication:

Welp, T.L., Thomas, L.A., and Dixon, H.R., 1957, A correlation and structural interpretation of the Missourian and Virgilian rocks exposed along the Middle River traverse of Iowa: Iowa Academy of Science Proceedings, v. 64, p. 416-428.


Summary:

Pg. 418 (fig. 1), 419. Heebner shale member of Oread formation. Thickness about 3 feet in section measured near Winterset, Madison County, southwestern Iowa. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1719).


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  • Usage in publication:
    • Heebner shale member*
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City basin
Publication:

Hershey, H.G., Brown, C.N., Northup, R.C., and Van Eck, Orville, 1960, Highway construction materials from the consolidated rocks of southwestern Iowa: Iowa Highway Research Bulletin, no. 15, 151 p.


Summary:

Pg. 22, fig. 5. Heebner shale member of Oread limestone. Characteristically olive clay shale split near base by black fissile shale. Thickness 2.5 feet in Cass County; 3 feet in Adair County; 5 feet in Montgomery County, southwestern Iowa. Overlies Leavenworth limestone member; underlies Plattsmouth limestone member. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1719).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Heebner shale member*
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City basin
Publication:

O'Connor, H.G., 1960, Geology and ground-water resources of Douglas County, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 148, 200 p. [Available online from the Kansas Geological Survey: http://www.kgs.ku.edu/General/Geology/Douglas]


Summary:

Pg. 40-41, pl. 1. Heebner shale member of Oread limestone. Thickness 5 to 8 feet in central and northern Douglas County, eastern Kansas; 14 to 18 feet in south-central part of county, south of Worden fault. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1719).


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