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  • Usage in publication:
    • Howe limestone bed
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • 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. 84, 86, 88. Howe limestone bed of Elmdale shale member of Wabaunsee formation. Dark-gray massive dense limestone, with considerable free calcite. Weathers buff to yellowish, granular, vesicular or cavernous, and very irregular. At places carries geodes. Thickness 4 to 5 feet in Nebraska and northeastern Kansas. Underlies Roca shale and overlies Bennett shale, all included in Elmdale shale member. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Missouri age). Report includes cross sections, measured sections, geologic maps, stratigraphic tables.
Named from exposures south of Howe, [Nemaha Co.], southeastern NE.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 987); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 1, Oct. 1936; supplemental information from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Howe limestone member
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City basin
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. 8. Howe limestone member of Red Eagle limestone formation of Council Grove group. Introduced into Nebraska section Red Eagle limestone formation, to include (descending) Howe limestone, Bennett shale, and Glenrock limestone. Thickness 3 to 4 feet. Age is considered Permian (lower part of Big Blue).
Red Eagle extended into southeastern Nebraska and northwestern Missouri; replaces Elmdale.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 987); GNC KS-NE Permian Corr. Chart, Oct. 1936.


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

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