- Usage in publication:
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- Maple Hill limestone bed
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Limestone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Forest City basin
Summary:
Pg. 80. Maple Hill limestone bed of McKissick Grove shale member of Wabaunsee formation. Bluish-gray, somewhat arenaceous irregular limestone, 2 to 4 feet thick. Forms a small fall in Maple Creek about 2 miles southwest of Maple Hill, eastern Kansas. Is well shown under Pony Creek bridge south of Falls City and at other places in southeastern Nebraska, thinning to northeast. Overlies Pierson Point shale and underlies Table Creek shale, all included in McKissick Grove shale member of Wabaunsee formation. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Missouri age). Report includes cross sections, measured sections, geologic maps, stratigraphic tables.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1290); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 1, Oct. 1936; supplemental information from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
- Usage in publication:
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- Maple Hill limestone member*
- Modifications:
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- Revised
Summary:
Pg. 2274 (fig. 1), 2276. Maple Hill limestone member of Zeandale limestone. Rank reduced to member status in Zeandale formation (new). Overlies Wamego shale member; underlies Pillsbury shale (new), which name replaces Langdon shale. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian).
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 2366).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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