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  • Usage in publication:
    • Quindaro shale
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City basin
Publication:

Moore, R.C., 1932, A reclassification of the Pennsylvanian system in the northern Midcontinent region, 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. 79-98., See also "Modern classifications of the Pennsylvanian rocks of eastern Kansas and southeastern Nebraska," compiled by M.G. Wilmarth, Secretary of Committee on Geologic Names, USGS unpub. corr. chart, Oct. 1936, sheet 2


Summary:

Pg. 92, 97. Quindaro shale member of Wyandotte limestone of Lansing group. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Missouri age). [See under Wyandotte limestone. Origin of name not stated.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1759-1760); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2, Oct. 1936.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Quindaro shale
  • Modifications:
    • Principal reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City basin
Publication:

Newell, N.D., 1935, The geology of Johnson and Miami Counties, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 21, pt. 1, p. 7-150., Issued May 15, 1935. See also "Modern classifications of the Pennsylvanian rocks of eastern Kansas and southeastern Nebraska," compiled by M.G. Wilmarth, Secretary of Committee on Geologic Names, USGS unpub. corr. chart, Oct. 1936, sheet 2


Summary:

Pg. 18, 59. Quindaro shale member of Wyandotte limestone of Kansas City group. Gray argillaceous or limy shale, 3+/- feet thick, underlying Argentine limestone member and overlying Frisbie limestone member. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Missouri age).
Named from a political Twp. in Wyandotte Co., eastern KS. Typically exposed in floor of Boyn's quarry, near northwest corner of sec. 30, T. 10 S., R. 25 E.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1759-1760); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2, Oct. 1936.


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

Moore, R.C., 1936, Stratigraphic classification of the Pennsylvanian rocks of Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 22, 256 p., See also "Modern classifications of the Pennsylvanian rocks of eastern Kansas and southeastern Nebraska," compiled by M.G. Wilmarth, Secretary of Committee on Geologic Names, USGS unpub. corr. chart, Oct. 1936, sheet 2


Summary:

Quindaro shale member of Wyandotte limestone of Kansas City group. Stated that Newell is author of this name. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Missouri age).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1759-1760); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2, Oct. 1936.


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