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

Keyes, C.R., 1897, Stages of the Des Moines, or chief coal-bearing series of Kansas and southwest Missouri and their equivalents in Iowa: Iowa Academy of Science Proceedings, v. 4, p. 22-25.


Summary:

Pg. 23-24, 25. Henrietta limestone. Several limestone beds separated by shales; 75 feet thick. Underlies Pleasanton shales and overlies Cherokee shales. Includes Mystic coal. Middle formation of Des Moines stage in Iowa, Missouri, and eastern Kansas. Includes Pawnee limestone member at top, Marmaton formation in middle, and Fort Scott limestone member at base in eastern Kansas.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 941).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Henrietta formation*
  • 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:

Henrietta formation as here defined is divided in Missouri into (descending) Pawnee limestone member, Labette shale member, and Fort Scott limestone member. The Lexington (Mystic) coal and the 6 feet of shale separating it from Fort Scott limestone are transferred to Cherokee shale. Thickness 26 to 110 feet. Age is Middle Pennsylvanian (Des Moines).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 941); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 1, Oct. 1936.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Henrietta formation*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
Publication:

Wilmarth, M.G., 1925, [Selected Geologic Names Committee remarks (ca. 1925) on Carboniferous and Permian rocks of the Midcontinent], IN Wilmarth, M.G., 1938, Lexicon of geologic names of the United States (including Alaska): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 896, pts. 1-2, 2396 p.


Summary:

Hinds and Greene's 1915 definition of Henrietta formation was followed generally until 1931, when R.C. Moore (Kansas Geol. Soc. 5th Ann. Field Conf. chart) dropped the name from the Kansas classification, treating its subdivisions as formations in his Okmulgee group (which he later replaced with Marmaton group and Cherokee group). The 1933 (57th Biennial) and 1935 (58th Biennial) reports of Missouri Bur. Geol. and Mines, however, continued to use Henrietta as defined by Hinds and Greene. Age is Middle Pennsylvanian (Des Moines).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 941); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, 2 sheets, Oct. 1936.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Henrietta formation
  • Modifications:
    • Not used
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. 57-58. At present time there seems to be little good reason to continue use of Henrietta. The Marmaton group includes Henrietta formation and lower part of Pleasanton shale [both of which he dropped from Kansas classification].

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 941); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2, Oct. 1936.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Henrietta group
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
Publication:

Cline, L.M., 1941, Traverse of upper Des Moines and lower Missouri series from Jackson County, Missouri, to Appanoose County, Iowa: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 25, no. 1, p. 23-72. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 26-27 (fig. 2). Henrietta group. Columnar section shows group includes (ascending) Fort Scott limestone, Labette shale, Pawnee limestone, Bandera shale, Altamont limestone, and Nowata shale. Overlies Cherokee group; underlies Pleasanton group. Age is Middle Pennsylvanian (Des Moines).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1734).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Henrietta group
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
Publication:

McQueen, H.S., 1943, Geology of the fire clay districts of east central Missouri, with chapters on the results of x-ray analyses of the clays and the results of firing behavior tests by P.G. Herold: Missouri Division of Geological Survey and Water Resources Report, 2nd series, v. 28, 250 p.


Summary:

Pg. 95, 96. Henrietta group. A sandstone (Squirrel) commonly included in Cherokee group here included at base of Henrietta group in Fort Scott formation. Age is Middle Pennsylvanian (Des Moines).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1734).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Henrietta group†
  • Modifications:
    • Abandoned
Publication:

Moore, R.C., 1949, Divisions of the Pennsylvanian System in Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 83, 203 p.


Summary:

Pg. 2027; F.C. Greene and W.V. Searight, 1949, Missouri Geol. Survey and Water Res. Rpt. Inv., no. 11, p. 5; G.E. Condra, 1949, Nebraska Geol. Survey Bull., no. 16, p. 43. †Henrietta group. Abandoned in favor of Marmaton group. [See Marmaton.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1734).


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