- Usage in publication:
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- Stine shale bed
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Shale
- Limestone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Forest City basin
Summary:
Pg. 83, 84, 89. Stine shale bed of Elmdale shale member of Wabaunsee formation. Blue, gray, and reddish shale, and 2 or 3 limestone seams, the lower one about 1 foot thick, somewhat arenaceous and forming rounded blocks. Thickness 7 to 18 feet in Nebraska and 12 to 14 feet in northeastern Kansas. The shale below the limestone layer is very fossiliferous. Underlies Houchen Creek limestone and overlies Americus limestone. Included in Elmdale shale. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Missouri age).
Named from exposures in slopes south of Stine, Nemaha Co., southeastern NE.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 2064-2065); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 1, Oct. 1936.
- Usage in publication:
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- Stine shale member
- Modifications:
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- Revised
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Forest City basin
Summary:
Pg. 8-9. Stine shale member of Hamlin shale formation of Admire group. The Hamlin shale formation includes in section from Forest City, Missouri, to DuBois, Nebraska, (descending) Oaks shale, Houchens Creek limestone, and Stine shale. The Stine shale is about 2 feet thick. Consists of (ascending): bluish-gray, massive, argillaceous shale, 2 feet 9 inches; dark gray, arenaceous-sandy limestone, 4 to 6 inches; bluish-gray, argillaceous, massive shale, 4 feet 9 inches; gray, fossiliferous limestone and sandstone, about 2 feet 6 inches; and bluish-gray, yellowish weathering, argillaceous shale, about 14 feet. Overlies Five Point limestone formation of Admire group; underlies Houchens Creek limestone member of Hamlin shale formation. Age is considered Permian (lower part of Big Blue).
Source: Publication; US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 2064-2065, Hamlin entry p. 902); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2, Oct. 1936.
- Usage in publication:
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- Stine shale bed*
- Modifications:
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- Revised
Summary:
Pg. 2274 (fig. 1). Stine shale bed of Hamlin shale member of Janesville shale. Rank reduced to bed in Hamlin shale herein reduced to member status in Janesville shale (new). Age is Early Permian (Wolfcampian).
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3725).
- Usage in publication:
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- Stine shale bed*
- Modifications:
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- Areal extent
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Nemaha anticline
Summary:
Pg. 218-219 (figs. 123, 124), 223-224 (figs. 128, 129). Stine shale bed of Hamlin Shale Member of Janesville Shale of Admire Group. Overlies Five Point Limestone Member of Janesville and underlies Houchen Creek limestone bed of Hamlin Shale Member. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (late Gzhelian; STREPTOGNATHODUS FLEXUOSUS conodont zone), based on stratigraphic position.
Described from measured sections in Pottawatomie County, eastern Kansas. (Locs. A13, A17.)
Source: Publication.
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