Home › Entities › geological_formation › Scales Shale

Scales Shale

geologic formation in Illinois and Indiana, United States
Landform geological_formation Q18378039
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Scales Shale

Summary

Scales Shale is a geological formation[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of geological_formation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scales Shale is located in Illinois[3].
  • Scales Shale is in the country of United States[4].
  • Scales Shale's instance of is recorded as geological formation[5].
  • Scales Shale's underlies is recorded as Fort Atkinson Limestone[6].
  • Scales Shale's overlies is recorded as Trenton Limestone[7].
  • Scales Shale's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01111x1p[8].

Why It Matters

Scales Shale ranks in the top 9% of geological_formation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Scales Shale. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/scales-shale
MLA “Scales Shale.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/scales-shale.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_scales-shale_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Scales Shale}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/scales-shale}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Scales Shale — https://4ort.xyz/entity/scales-shale (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/scales-shale · Last refreshed: