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Geologic Unit: Minersville
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Minersville shale member
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Nemaha anticline
Publication:

Condra, G.E., and Reed, E.C., 1938, The Redfield anticline of Nebraska and Iowa: Nebraska Geological Survey Paper, no. 12, 19 p.


Summary:

Pg. 9. Minersville shale member of Friedrich shale formation. Defined as basal member of formation. Underlies Palmyra formation (new). Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian).
Type locality: in Missouri River bluffs near RR station at Minersville, Otoe Co., southeastern NE.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 2517).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Minersville shale member
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Nemaha anticline
Publication:

Condra, G.E., and Reed, E.C., 1943, The geological section of Nebraska: Nebraska Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 14, 82 p., Revised 1959


Summary:

Pg. 42. Minersville shale member of Friedrich shale formation. Overlies Morton limestone (new). Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 2517).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Minersville shale member
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
Publication:

Condra, G.E., 1949, The nomenclature, type localities, and correlation of the Pennsylvanian subdivisions in eastern Nebraska and adjacent states: Nebraska Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 16, 67 p.


Summary:

Pg. 14. Minersville shale member of Friedrich shale formation. Composed of red and grayish shales; locally sandy. Thickness 30 feet at Nebraska City and less southward in Nebraska and northeastern Kansas. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 2517).


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

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