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  • Usage in publication:
    • Soldier Creek shale
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City basin
Publication:

Beede, J.W., 1898, The stratigraphy of Shawnee County, Kansas: Kansas Academy of Sciences Transactions, v. 15, p. 27-34.


Summary:

Soldier Creek Shale. Shale, very arenaceous and moderately fossiliferous, 40 feet or less thick. Included in Upper Coal Measures of Shawnee County, northeastern Kansas. [From statement on p. 28 appears to underlie Wakarusa limestone and overlie Stanton limestone. The limestone underlying Soldier Creek shale has for several years been known to be Burlingame limestone (see Condra, 1927, Nebraska Geological Survey, 2nd ser., Bull. 1), which is much younger than Stanton limestone; and the Oct. 1932 revised classification chart of Pennsylvanian of Kansas and Nebraska, by R.C. Moore and G.E. Condra, defined Soldier Creek shale as basal bed of Humphrey shale, and as underlying Wakarusa limestone and overlying Burlingame limestone.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 2022).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Soldier Creek shale formation
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City basin
    • Nemaha anticline
Publication:

Condra, G.E., 1935, Geologic cross-section, Forest City, Missouri to south of Du Bois, Nebraska: Nebraska Geological Survey Paper, no. 8, 23 p., Issued late in 1935. See also USGS unpub. corr. charts of Pennsylvanian and Permian rocks of KS and NE, compiled by M.G. Wilmarth, Secretary of Committee on Geologic Names, Oct. 1936


Summary:

Dropped Humphrey shale from his classification and stated that Soldier Creek shale formation underlies Wakarusa limestone formation and overlies Burlingame limestone formation. In Wabaunsee group. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgil).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 2022); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2, Oct. 1936.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Soldier Creek shale
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Nemaha anticline
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:

Pg. 218-221. Soldier Creek shale of Wabaunsee group (of Condra). Underlies Wakarusa limestone and overlies Burlingame limestone. Beede's original Wakarusa limestone is unit here called Reading limestone, and Wakarusa limestone as now defined by usage, mainly by Condra, was included in upper part of Beede's "Stanton" (=Burlingame) limestone. It is apparent, therefore, that name Soldier Creek is transferred to a shale that lies below that originally signified. Present application of Auburn shale is synonymous with Beede's Soldier Creek shale. The Soldier Creek shale is a bluish-gray to bluish clayey to sandy or silty micaceous unit locally containing a little sandstone and a thin coal in upper part. In a few places marine invertebrates occur at top. Thickness 15 to 25 feet in southern Nebraska and part of northern Kansas, but near Kansas River and southward for many miles it is less than 6 feet thick; in southern Kansas it is 12 to 18 feet thick; minimum 2+/- feet. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgil).
Type locality not designated, but presumably it is on "Big and Little Soldier Creeks about 3 mi from Silver Lake," Shawnee Co., northeastern KS.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 2022-2023); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2, Oct. 1936.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Soldier Creek shale
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
    • Siltstone
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City basin
Publication:

Wood, L.W., 1941, The geology of Adams County [Iowa], IN Trowbridge, A.C., and Hershey, H.G., Annual reports, [1934-1939]: Iowa Geological Survey Annual Report, v. 37, p. 263-373, (incl. geologic map)


Summary:

Pg. 309 (fig. 14). Soldier Creek shale. Graphic section of Pennsylvanian in Adams County, southeastern Iowa, shows Soldier Creek shale occurring below Wakarusa limestone and above Burlingame limestone. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3654).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Soldier Creek shale
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
  • 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:

Formation contains two quite well defined limestones and three shale members in southeastern Nebraska and adjacent area of Kansas; formerly three limestones and two lower shales were classed with the Burlingame in Nebraska.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3654).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Soldier Creek shale member*
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Nemaha anticline
Publication:

Moore, R.C., and Mudge, M.R., 1956, Reclassification of some Lower Permian and Upper Pennsylvanian strata in northern Midcontinent, IN Geological notes: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 40, no. 9, p. 2271-2278. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 2274 (fig. 1), 2277. Soldier Creek shale member of Bern limestone. Rank reduced to member status in Bern limestone (new). Overlies Burlingame limestone member; underlies Wakarusa limestone member. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3654).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Soldier Creek shale
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Nemaha anticline
Publication:

Hershey, H.G., Brown, C.N., Northup, R.C., and Van Eck, Orville, 1960, Highway construction materials from the consolidated rocks of southwestern Iowa: Iowa Highway Research Bulletin, no. 15, 151 p.


Summary:

Pg. 13, fig. 5. Soldier Creek shale of Waubansee group. Gray shale at top and bottom with maroon shale near top; near center is micaceous gray sandstone and siltstone. Thickness about 30 feet. Underlies Wakarusa limestone; overlies Burlingame limestone. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3654).


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