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  • Usage in publication:
    • Matfield shales
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Nemaha anticline
Publication:

Prosser, C.S., 1902, Revised classification of the upper Paleozoic formations of Kansas: Journal of Geology, v. 10, no. 7, p. 703-737., See also "Modern classifications of the Permian rocks of Kansas and Nebraska," compiled by M.G. Wilmarth, Secretary of Committee on Geologic Names, USGS unpub. corr. chart, Oct. 1936, 1 sheet


Summary:

Pg. 714. Matfield shales. Variously colored shale with some shaly, buff, occassionally cherty limestones and a light-gray limestone, 2 feet or more thick, about 30 feet below top. Thickness of formation 0 to 70 feet. Overlies Wreford limestone and underlies Florence flint. Included in Chase stage. Age is Permian.
Named from development in Matfield Twp., Chase Co., eastern KS.
[Adopted by the USGS as Matfield shale of Chase group. Recognized in eastern Kansas, central northern Oklahoma, and southeastern Nebraska.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1319).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Matfield formation
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Nemaha anticline
Publication:

Condra, G.E., and Upp, J.E., 1931, Correlation of the Big Blue series in Nebraska: Nebraska Geological Survey Bulletin, 2nd series, no. 6, 74 p., See also "Modern classifications of the Permian rocks of Kansas and Nebraska," compiled by M.G. Wilmarth, Secretary of Committee on Geologic Names, USGS unpub. corr. chart, Oct. 1936, 1 sheet


Summary:

Matfield formation of Chase group. Includes (descending) Blue Springs shale, Kinney limestone, and Wymore shale members. Occurs below Barneston formation and above Wreford [limestone], both of Chase group. Age is Permian (Big Blue).

Source: GNC KS-NE Permian Corr. Chart, Oct. 1936.


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