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  • Usage in publication:
    • Utopia limestone member
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cherokee 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. 94, 96. Utopia limestone member of Howard limestone of Wabaunsee group. Top member of Howard. Occurs above Winzeler shale member of Howard and below White Cloud shale member of Scranton shale of Wabaunsee group. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgil). [See under Bachelor Creek limestone. On p. 21 Utopia limestone is described as consisting of (1) 2.65 feet of yellowish-brown slabby limestone interbedded with yellowish calcareous shale, underlain by (2) 1.65 feet of dark-blue massive limestone with CRYPTOZOON.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 2224-2225); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2, Oct. 1936.


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