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  • Usage in publication:
    • Stark shale member*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
  • 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:

Pg. 99, 102, 103. [See also Moore (1932) entry under Dennis Formation.] Stark shale is proposed for the shale above Canville limestone and below Winterset limestone [all included as members of Dennis formation]. Its lower part is dark or black and carbonaceous, and upper part is commonly yellow, although the yellow upper part is not persistent. Traced by writer from Kansas City, Missouri, to Dennis, Labette County, Kansas. Its easily distinguished from Galesburg shale by means of the black shale at its base, even though Canville limestone be not present, as is case at Kansas City. Thickness 8 to 11 feet. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Missouri age). Report includes cross section.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 2054-2055).


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  • Usage in publication:
    • Stark shale member*
  • Modifications:
    • Principal reference
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City basin
Publication:

Jewett, J.M., 1933, Some details of the stratigraphy of the Bronson group of the Kansas Pennsylvanian: Kansas Academy of Sciences Transactions, v. 36, p. 131-136.


Summary:

Pg. 133. Type locality: near Stark, Neosho Co., KS.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 2054-2055).


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  • Usage in publication:
    • Stark shale member*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City basin
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. 92. Stark shale member of Dennis limestone of Bronson group. North of point in Linn County, where Canville limestone disappears, Stark shale member of Dennis formation rests on Galesburg shale, but because lower part of Stark member is black fissile shale (1 to 3 feet thick) it is easy to separate Stark and Galesburg shales. In southern Kansas, where Canville is missing, the absence of black platy shale at horizon of Stark member makes it impossible to recognize Stark shale, and upper boundary of Galesburg shale is extended up to base of Winterset limestone. The upper part of Stark shale consists of gray of buff calcareous clay shale 2 to 5 feet thick. At Kansas City total thickness of Stark shale is 4 feet. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Missouri age). Jewett is author of name.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 2054-2055); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2, Oct. 1936.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Stark shale member
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City basin
Publication:

Oakes, M.C., 1940, Geology and mineral resources of Washington County, Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 62, 208 p.


Summary:

Pg. 43. See also, 1952, Oklahoma Geol. Survey Bull., no. 69, p. 59. In Oklahoma, considered member of Hogshooter formation. Overlies Canville limestone member; underlies Winterset limestone. Thickness 3 to 10 feet.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3709).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Stark shale member*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City basin
Publication:

Moore, R.C., 1948, Classification of Pennsylvanian rocks in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and northern Oklahoma: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 32, no. 11, p. 2011-2040. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 2031 (fig. 4). Stark shale member of Dennis formation. Overlies Canville limestone member; underlies Winterset limestone member. This is classification agreed upon by State Geological Survey of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, May 1947.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3709).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Stark shale member
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City basin
Publication:

Greene, F.C., and Searight, W.V., 1949, Revision of the classification of the post-Cherokee Pennsylvanian beds of Missouri: Missouri Division of Geological Survey and Water Resources Report of Investigations, no. 11, 22 p.


Summary:

Pg. 11-12. Galesburg formation redefined to exclude Canville limestone and Stark shale. Latter units included in Dennis formation.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3709).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Stark shale member
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Iowa shelf
Publication:

Welp, T.L., Thomas, L.A., and Dixon, H.R., 1957, A correlation and structural interpretation of the Missourian and Virgilian rocks exposed along the Middle River traverse of Iowa: Iowa Academy of Science Proceedings, v. 64, p. 416-428.


Summary:

Pg. 421. Thickness about 4 feet near Winterset, [Madison County], Iowa.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3709).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Stark shale member
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cherokee basin
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. 27, fig. 5. Stark shale member of Dennis limestone. Dark gray and fossiliferous at top; black fissile at base. Thickness 1.8 to 2.9 feet in Madison County; 5 feet in cores from Pottawattamie County. Overlies Canville limestone member; underlies Winterset limestone member. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3709).


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