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  • Usage in publication:
    • Palmyra limestone member
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • 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. Palmyra limestone member of Friedrich shale formation. Defined as middle member of formation. Underlies Otoe shale member (new); overlies Minersville shale member (new). Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian).
Type locality: in cutbank of Little Nemaha River, southeast of RR station at Palmyra, Otoe Co., southeastern NE.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 2906).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Palmyra limestone member
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Nemaha anticline
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. Palmyra limestone member of Friedrich shale formation. Consists of one or two light-gray limestones containing TRITICITES. Thickness 1 to 3 feet. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 2906).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Palmyra limestone
    • Palmyra limestone 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. Palmyra limestone formation (Condra and Reed, 1938) or Palmyra limestone member of Friedrich shale formation (Moore, 1934). Included in Wabaunsee group. At Nebraska City, [Otoe County], Nebraska, bluish gray, stained reddish from shale above, firm or shattered, with many small TRITICITES ACUTUS and other fossils, thickness 2 to 3 feet. Overlies Minersville shale formation and underlies Otoe shale formation. South and southwest of Pawnee City, [Pawnee County], Nebraska, gray-brownish nodular zone, thickness 2+/- feet. Overlies Otoe shale member and underlies Minersville shale member, both of Friedrich. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian).

Source: Publication.


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