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Geologic Unit: Mound City
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Mound City shale member
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City basin
Publication:

Jewett, J.M., 1932, Brief discussion of the Bronson group in Kansas, IN Carboniferous rocks of eastern Kansas, eastern Nebraska, and western Missouri: Kansas Geological Society Guidebook for the Annual Field Conference, August 28-September 3, 1932, no. 6, p. 99-104.


Summary:

Named as a member of Swope formation of Bronson group. No type locality designated. Is a yellow, fossiliferous shale which contains local beds of limestone a few inches thick. Thickness of member generally less than 5 ft. Overlies Critizer limestone member (new) of Swope and underlies Sniabar limestone member (first used) of Swope. Cross section. Age is Missouri, or Pennsylvanian.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


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