Usage:
Heebner Shale Member of Oread Formation of Shawnee Group (IA*,KS*,MO*,NE*)
Heebner Shale Member of Oread Limestone of Shawnee Group (KS*)
Heebner Shale Bed of Oread Limestone of Vamoosa Group (OK*)
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
2.5 mi west and 1.5 mi north of Nehawka, Cass Co., southeastern NE. Named from Heebner Creek and Heebner farm, west of Nehawka, Cass Co., southeastern NE (Condra, 1927).
AAPG geologic province:
Forest City basin*
Iowa shelf*
Nemaha anticline*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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