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  • Usage in publication:
    • King Hill 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. 44, 45, 47. King Hill shale bed of Lecompton limestone member of Shawnee formation. Present in southeastern Nebraska, northeastern Kansas, southwestern Iowa, and northwestern Missouri. Bluish-green and reddish argillaceous shale, about 7 feet thick at type locality. Is 4 feet thick in Missouri and 6 to 7 feet in Kansas. Underlies Avoca limestone and overlies Cullom limestone [later named Beil limestone and still later Cullom was abandoned]. All included in Lecompton limestone. Age is Pennsylvanian (Missouri age). Report includes cross sections, measured sections, geologic maps, stratigraphic tables.
Type locality: in King Hill, southeast of Rock Bluff, [Cass Co.], southeastern NE.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1098); 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:
    • King Hill shale bed
  • Modifications:
    • Contact revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Nemaha anticline
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:

King Hill shale bed of Lecompton limestone member of Shawnee group. Upper part is gray; lower part is greenish, argillaceous, and bedded. Thickness 7 feet 8 inches. Occurs above Beil limestone and below Avoca limestone. Age is Pennsylvanian.

Source: GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 1, Oct. 1936; supplemental information from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


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