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Geologic Units: 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).


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

Condra, G.E., and Reed, E.C., 1959, The geological section of Nebraska, with a section on current revisions by E.C. Reed: Nebraska Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 14-A, 82 p.


Summary:

Pg. 43-44. Minersville shale formation (Condra and Reed, 1938) or Minersville shale member of Friedrich shale formation (Moore, 1934). Included in Wabaunsee group. At Nebraska City, [Otoe County], Nebraska, largely bluish gray shale, with thin zones of red, argillaceous to sandy shale and some sandstone, about 30 to 32 feet thick. Overlies Morton limestone formation and underlies Palmyra limestone formation. South and southwest of Pawnee City, [Pawnee County], Nebraska, gray shale and sandstone, locally with some red near top, thickness 10 to 12 feet. Underlies Palmyra limestone member of Friedrich and overlies Morton limestone formation. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian).

Source: Publication.


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