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Wyandotte County
1. Section at and above a quarry one half mile west of Morris, Kan. | Thickness, in feet |
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Wyandotte limestone: | |||
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Argentine-Frisbie members: | ||
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Limestone, thin-bedded, light in color, cherty | 30.0 |
Lane shale: | |||
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Shale, gray, argillaceous | 37.0 |
Iola limestone: | |||
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Limestone, massive, blocky, dark-gray, partly covered | 8 |
Chanute shale: | |||
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Shale covered | 7.0 |
Drum limestone: | |||
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Limestone, thin-bedded, massive at top | 11.0 |
Quivira shale: | |||
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Shale, carbonaceus | 7.0 |
Westerville limestone: | |||
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Shale and interbedded limestone | 5.0 |
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Shale, buff, limy | 5.0 |
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Limestone and interbedded shale, buff | 4.0 |
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Limestone, oolitic, buff | 2.0 |
(Total Westerville limestone, 16.0 feet) | |||
Wea shale: | |||
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Shale, buff, argillaceous, thin-bedded near top | 6.0 |
Block limestone: | |||
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Limestone, buff, soft | 0.7 |
Fontana shale: | |||
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Shale, buff, limy, Chonetina flemingi var. plebeia zone near top, a thin coal seam near base | 6.0 |
(Total Cherryvale shale, 35.7 feet) | |||
Dennis limestone: | |||
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Winterset limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, black nodular chert near top, massive at top, thin-bedded and argillaceous below, drab to gray | 12.0 |
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Shale, dark, platy | 2.5 |
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Limestone, massive, gray to buff, upper part cross-bedded with some chert | 5.5 |
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Shale | 7.6 |
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Limestone, gray, massive | 7.3 |
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Stark shale member: | ||
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Shale, gray, argillaceous | 1.0 |
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Shale, black, carbonaceous, platy | 1.0 |
(Total Dennis limestone, 36.9 feet) | |||
Galesburg shale: | |||
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Shale, gray, argillaceous | 4.0 |
Swope limestone: | |||
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Bethany Falls limestone member. |
2. Section at a quarry near Twenty-eighth street and Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City, Mo. | Thickness, in feet |
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Dennis limestone: | |||
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Winterset limestone member: | ||
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Stark shale member: | ||
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Shale, gray, argillaceous | 3.0 |
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Shale, black, platy | 1.0 |
(Total Stark shale member, 4.0 feet) | |||
Galesburg shale: | |||
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Shale, gray, argillaceous | 6.0 |
Swope limestone: | |||
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Bethany Falls limestone member. |
3. Section in a road cut at the SW. corner of sec. 12, T. 11 S., R. 24 E. | Thickness, in feet |
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Argentine limestone: | |||
Lane shale: | |||
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Shale, argillaceous, covered | 30.0 |
Iola limestone: | |||
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Raytown limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, gray, massive, even-bedded | 6.0 |
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Muncie Creek shale member: | ||
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Shale, black, platy, gray near top and bottom | 3.0 |
Paola limestone: | |||
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Limestone, hard, blue, dense, calcite "marklets" | 1.0 |
(Total Iola limestone, 10.0 feet) | |||
Chanute shale: | |||
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Shale, dark-gray, argillaceous, red zone near base, thin coal, locally at top | 12.0 |
Drum limestone: | |||
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Limestone, soft, gray, thin-bedded | 10.0 |
Quivira shale: | |||
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Shale, calcareous, greenish-gray, dark at middle | 3.0 |
Westerville limestone: | |||
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Chert, pink and brown, lenticular seams | 3.0 |
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Oolite, fossiliferous, irregular | 0.3 |
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Limestone, gray to white, massive | 12.0 |
(Total Westerville limestone member, 15.3 feet) | |||
Wea shale: | |||
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Shale, argillaceous buff | 25.0 |
Block limestone: | |||
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Limestone, buff, soft | 1.0 |
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Shale, buff | 3.0 |
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Limestone, gray | 1.0 |
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Shale, gray | 1.0 |
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Limestone, gray, soft | 1.0 |
(Total Block limestone member, 7.0 feet) | |||
Fontana shale: | |||
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Shale, covered | 2.0 |
4. Section about one half mile west of Turner, Kan. | Thickness, in feet |
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Westerville limestone: | |||
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Limestone, oolitic, cross-bedded, very fossiliferous | 18.0 |
5. Section near railway station, Nearman, Kan. | Thickness, in feet |
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Quivira shale: | |||
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Shale. | |
Westerville limestone: | |||
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Limestone, thin and wavy-bedded, buff, with brown nodular chert at top | 11.0 |
Wea shale. |
6. Section along interurban railway, near M*****aioon, west of City Park, Kansas City, Kan. | Thickness, in feet |
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Drum limestone: | |||
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Limestone, thin-bedded, gray, weathers light in color, with Campophyllum torquium, Marginifera splendens and Rhomboporoids at top | 8.0 |
Quivira shale: | |||
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Shale, greenish-gray, argillaceous | 3.5 |
Westerville limestone: | |||
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Chert and limestone, pink to brown, massive with banded and irregular structure | 5.0 |
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Limestone, thin-bedded, buff, with little chert | 2.5 |
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Shale, argillaceous, gray | 0.3 |
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Oolite, cross-bedded, massive, drab and buff, fossiliferous, lower part more evenly bedded | 8.3 |
(Total Westerville limestone member, 16.1 feet) | |||
Wea shale. |
7. Section along bluff south of Twenty-sixth street and Metropolitan avenue, Argentine, Kansas City, Kan., type exposure of Argentine limestone. | Thickness, in feet |
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Plattsburg limestone: | |||
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Limestone, brown and gray, massive | 15.0 |
Bonner Springs shale: | |||
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Shale, arenaceous, covered | 33.0 |
Wyandotte limestone: | |||
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Farley limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, massive, dark-gray, composed of fossil fragments, and with Osagia | 3.5 |
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Shale, argillaceous, covered | 10.0 |
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Limestone, oolitic, cross-bedded, fossiliferous massive, drab to buff | 14.5 |
(Total Farley limestone member, 28.0 feet) | |||
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Island Creek shale member: | ||
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Shale, bluish-gray, argillaceous | 7.5 |
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Argentine-Frisbie limestone members: | ||
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Limestone, whitish-gray, thin-bedded, cherty in upper part, shaly in middle part, and massive below | 30.0 |
Lane shale: | |||
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Shale, buff to gray | 38.5 |
Iola limestone: | |||
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Limestone, gray, hard, covered | 6.5 |
Chanute shale: | |||
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Covered | 6.0 |
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Drum limestone and Quivira shale member: | ||
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Covered | 11.5 |
Westerville limestone: | |||
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Limestone, cross-bedded, granular | 16.0 |
Wea shale: | |||
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Shale | 6.0 |
Block limestone and Fontana shale: | |||
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Covered | 4.0 |
Dennis limestone and Galesburg shale: | |||
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Winterset limestone member: | ||
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Limestone with black chert | 10.0 |
Lower part of Winterset limestone member and Galesburg shale: | |||
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Covered | 39.0 |
Swope limestone: | |||
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Bethany Falls limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, poorly exposed | 3.0 |
8. Section near the dam at Forest Lake, west of Edwardsville, Kan. | Thickness, in feet |
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Bonner Springs shale: | |||
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Shale, covered. | |
Wyandotte limestone: | |||
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Farley limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, hard, dense, weathers white to buff, massive, with brecciated appearance on weathered surface | 12.0 |
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Shale, gray, argillaceous | 2.0 |
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Limestone, gray to buff, granular, limonitic, slightly cross-bedded, friable | 6.3 |
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Shale, greenish-gray, arenaceous | 0.2 |
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Limestone and shale in thin beds | 5.6 |
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Shale, gray, arenaceous | 0.3 |
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Limestone, gray to drab, oolitic | 4.4 |
(Total Farley limestone member, 30.8 feet) | |||
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Island Creek shale member: | ||
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Shale, arenaceous, buff and fossiliferous | 6.5 |
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Argentine-Frisbie limestone members: | ||
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Limestone, whitish-gray. irregular beds | 25.0 |
Lane shale: | |||
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Shale, gray, argillaceous | 37.0 |
Iola limestone: | |||
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Limestone, blocky, massive, light gray, partly covered | 8 |
Chanute shale: | |||
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Shale, covered | 7.0 |
Drum limestone: | |||
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Limestone, thin-bedded, gray, massive at top | 11.0 |
Quivira shale: | |||
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Shale | 7.0 |
Westerville limestone: | |||
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Limestone, thin- and cross-bedded, argillaceous, granular, gray and buff | 4.0 |
9. Section at Boynes Quarry, NW corner sec. 30, T. 10 S., R. 25 E., on Missouri river bluff, northeast of Welborn, Kan., type exposure of Quindaro shale. | Thickness, in feet |
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Kansan drift: | |||
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Loess, arenaceous, buff to brown | 50± |
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Drift, gravel, erratics, sand, etc. | 5 |
Wyandotte limestone: | |||
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Argentine limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, hard, dark, cross-bedded, granular, with abundance of pelecypods, surface planed and scratched by glaciation | 1.5 |
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Limestone, dark-gray, hard, little chert, thin- and wavy-bedded | 19.0 |
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Quindaro shale member: | ||
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Shale, buff and dark gray | 3.0 |
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Frisbie limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, dense, bluish-gray | 2.0 |
Lane shale. |
10. Section at quarry near Rainbow Avenue and Southwest Boulevard, Rosedale, Kansas City, Kan. | Thickness, in feet |
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Wyandotte limestone: | |||
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Argentine-Frisbie limestone members: | ||
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Limestone, thin-bedded and wavy-bedded, gray, hard, cherty | 38.0 |
11. Section in a road cut, center of sec. 32, T. 11 S., R. 25 E. | Thickness, in feet |
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Wyandotte limestone: | |||
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Argentine limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, massive and pink at top, cherty, lower half buff, shaly, argillaceous | 33.5 |
12. Section in quarry along Union Pacific railway, center of sec. 32, T. 12 S., R. 23 E. | Thickness, in feet |
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Plattsburg limestone: | |||
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Limestone (highest in quarry), cherty and thin-bedded at top, surface of which shows excellent glacial planation and scratches, massive and buff in lower part | 21.5 |
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Shale, dark, argillaceous | 1.0 |
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Limestone, very massive, gray to buff, hard, with Enteletes hemiplicatus var., base? of Plattsburg | 5.0 |
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 27.5 feet) | |||
Bonner Springs shale: | |||
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Shale, greenish-gray to buff with Cordaites | 0.5 |
Wyandotte limestone: | |||
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Farley limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, massive, gray to buff | 18.0 |
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Shale, gray, arenaceous | 1.5 |
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Limestone, massive, gray, argillaceous | 6.7 |
(Total Farley limestone member, 26.2 feet) | |||
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Island Creek shale member: | ||
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Shale, gray to buff, argillaceous | 1.0 |
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Argentine limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, white to pink blue zone at top, massive at top, shaly below | 32.5 |
13. Section at cement plant quarry, Bonner Springs, Kan. | Thickness, in feet |
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Kansan: | |||
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Drift. | ||
Vilas shale: | |||
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Sandstone, buff | 3.0 |
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Shale | 7.0 |
Plattsburg limestone: | |||
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Spring Hill limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, arenaceous, buff, with pelecypods and trilobites | 1.5 |
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Limestone, massive | 5.0 |
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Limestone, gray to buff, crystalline | 8.0 |
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Hickory Creek shale member: | ||
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Shale, black | 0.3 |
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Shale, buff | 0.3 |
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Merriam limestone member: | ||
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Limestone | 1.1 |
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Shale | 0.2 |
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Limestone | 1.3 |
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 17.7 feet) | |||
Bonner Springs shale: | |||
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Shale, green | 0.3 |
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Marlite | 2.7 |
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Shale, dark gray | 6.0 |
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Shale, arenaceous | 7.0 |
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Shale, less sandy | 9.0 |
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 25.0 feet) | |||
Wyandotte limestone: | |||
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Farley limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, massive, hard, dark-gray, cherty | 11.0 |
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Shale, gray, fossiliferous | 0.6 |
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Limestone, massive | 0.6 |
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Limestone, arenaceous, locally cross-bedded | 7.0 |
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Shale and limestone, interbedded | 13.5 |
(Total Farley limestone member, 32.7 feet) | |||
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Island Creek shale member: | ||
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Shale, greenish-gray, calcareous | 1.0 |
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Argentine limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, light in color | 10 |
14. Section on Island creek, center sec. 23, T. 10 S., R. 23 E. | Thickness, in feet |
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Plattsburg limestone: | |||
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Limestone, covered | 13.0 |
Bonner Springs shale: | |||
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Shale, covered | 25.0 |
Wyandotte limestone: | |||
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Farley limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, brecciated, pebbles of brown limestone in dark, granular matrix | 5.0 |
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Limestone, dense, bluish-gray, massive | 3.0 |
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Shale, buff, limy, partly composed of species of Myalina | 6.0 |
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Limestone, massive, drab, oolitic, fossiliferous | 30.0 |
(Total Farley limestone member, 44.0 feet) | |||
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Island Creek shale member: | ||
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Shale, argillaceous, buff, covered to creek | 3 |
15. Section at Camp Naish, Boy Scouts of America, one mile east of Bonner Springs, Kan. | Thickness, in feet |
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Stranger sandstone: | |||
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Sandstone, micaceous, buff | 15 |
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Limestone, conglomerate, brown | 1.0 |
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Unconformity. | |
Stanton limestone: | |||
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Little Kaw limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, buff, micaceous, arenaceous, pelecypods | 2.4 |
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Victory Junction shale member: | ||
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Shale, arenaceous, covered | 8.5 |
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Olathe limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, thin-bedded, crystalline, hard, gray, weathers buff | 15.0 |
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Eudora shale member: | ||
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Shale, gray, argillaceous above, below; black and fissile near middle | 5.0 |
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Captain Creek limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, massive, gray to white, hard, even-bedded | 5.5 |
Vilas shale: | |||
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Shale, arenaceous | 1.0 |
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Sandstone, "quartzitic," gray, rippled | 1.8 |
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Shale, gray, arenaceous, blocky at base | 13.8 |
Plattsburg limestone: | |||
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Limestone, gray to buff, massive beds, abundance of algal form, Osagia, at base | 17± |
Bonner Springs shale: | |||
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Shale, gray, micaceous, arenaceous, with plant fossils | 20.2 |
Wyandotte limestone: | |||
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Farley limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, massive, even-bedded, hard, gray | 10.0 |
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Shale, argillaceous, gray, dark at top | 1.2 |
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Limestone, yellow, graular at top, shaly near middle, gray at base | 10.3 |
(Total Farley limestone member, 21.5 feet) | |||
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Island Creek shale member: | ||
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Shale, gray, argillaceous | 14.0 |
Argentine limestone. |
16. Section at a quarry east of concrete road near the NE corner of sec. 10, T. 10 S., R. 23 E. | Thickness, in feet |
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Plattsburg limestone: | |||
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Limestone in covered bench | 14± |
Bonner Springs shale: | |||
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Shale, buff, arenaceous, covered | 25.0 |
Wyandotte limestone: | |||
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Farley limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, dense, dark | 2-3 |
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Shale, gray, argillaceous | 7.0 |
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Limestone, massive, cross-bedded, drab to gray | 15.0 |
(Total Farley limestone member, 25.0 feet) | |||
Island Creek shale: | |||
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Shale, gray, argillaceous, mostly covered | 40.0 |
Argentine limestone: | |||
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Limestone, white, thin-bedded, only top exposed | 5 |
17. Section along concrete road one fourth mile southeast of Wolcott, Kan. | Thickness, in feet |
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Plattsburg limestone. | |||
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Bonner Springs shale and upper Farley limestone member: | ||
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Covered slope. | |
Wyandotte limestone: | |||
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Lower Farley limestone: | ||
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Limestone, massive except near the middle where it is shaly, oolitic, cross-bedded, fossiliferous | 16.0 |
Island Creek shale: | |||
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Shale, argillaceous, covered. | 43.0 |
Argentine limestone: | |||
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Limestone, thin-bedded, light in color, dense, base covered | 17 |
18. Section along road cut of Pomeroy, near center of sec. 20, T. 10 S., R. 24 E. | Thickness, in feet |
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Plattsburg limestone: | |||
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Limestone, marlite at base | 15.0 |
Bonner Springs shale: | |||
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Shale, gray and buff, argillaceous below, arenaceous, with fossil plants above | 38.0 |
Wyandotte limestone: | |||
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Farley limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, massive, granular, gray, weathers into thin plates | 3.5 |
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Shale, arenaceous, buff | 12.0 |
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Limestone, thin-bedded, dark, oolitic | 8.0 |
(Total Farley limestone member, 23.5 feet) | |||
Island Creek shale: | |||
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Shale, argillaceous, greenish-gray to buff | 11.0 |
Argentine limestone: | |||
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Limestone, white, thin-bedded, only upper part exposed. |
19. Section one fourth mile west of the SW corner of sec. 25, T. 10 S., R. 23 E. | Thickness, in feet |
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Plattsburg limestone: | |||
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Limestone, brown, marlite at base | 15.0 |
Bonner Springs shale: | |||
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Shale, arenaceous, buff | 28.0 |
Wyandotte limestone: | |||
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Farley limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, massive, gray, dense, weathers into thin plates, with an abundance of Myalina subquadrata | 5.5 |
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Shale, argillaceous, gray | 5.0 |
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Limestone, oolitic, gray to drab, only upper part shown | 4 |
20. Section along concrete road near the NE corner of sec. 25, T. 10 S., R. 23 E. | Thickness, in feet |
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Wyandotte limestone: | |||
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Farley limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, massive in upper part, thin-bedded, and argillaceous, below cross-bedded and oolitic, buff to gray | 20.0 |
Island Creek shale: | |||
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Shale, greenish-gray, argillaceous, few fossils | 15.5 |
Argentine limestone: | |||
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Limestone, light gray or white, dense, massive, hard. |
21. Section along concrete road at the SW corner of sec. 30, T. 10 S., R. 23 E. | Thickness, in feet |
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Kansan: | |||
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Drift, cobbles, etc. | ||
Stanton limestone: | |||
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Captain Creek limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, hard, gray, dense, massive, evenly-bedded | 6.5 |
Vilas shale: | |||
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Shale, buff to gray, arenaceous | 24.0 |
Plattsburg limestone: | |||
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Limestone, brown, even-bedded. |
22. Section one half mile west of Victory Junction, on U. S. Highway 40 | Thickness, in feet |
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Stranger sandstone: | |||
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Sandstone and arenaceous shale. | |
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Unconformity. | |
Stanton limestone: | |||
Victory Junction shale: | |||
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Sandstone, calcareous, micaceous, buff, with an abundance of molluscan remains | 1.0 |
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Shale, arenaceous, buff, unfossiliferous | 10.0 |
Olathe limestone: | |||
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Limestone, massive, light gray, base covered | 10 |
23. Section in an old quarry one fourth mile west of the SE corner of sec. 26, T. 10 S., R, 23 E. | Thickness, in feet |
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Stranger sandstone: | |||
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Conglomerate, yellow limestone pebbles in a gray and buff arenaceous matrix | 1.0 |
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Shale, arenaceous | 1.0 |
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Unconformity. | |
Stanton limestone: | |||
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Little Kaw limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, bluish-gray, micaceous | 1.0 |
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Victory Junction shale member: | ||
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Shale, arenaceous, buff | 12.0 |
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Olathe limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, massive, gray to buff, irregular-bedded | 12.0 |
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Eudora shale member: | ||
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Shale, gray, argillaceous above and below, black and fissile near the middle | 5.0 |
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Captain Creek limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, dark, massive, even-bedded, blocky | 5.0 |
(Total Stanton limestone, 35.0 feet) | |||
Vilas shale: | |||
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Shale covered to pavement. |
24. Section one fourth mile east of the SW corner of sec. 8, T. 10 S., R. 23 E. | Thickness, in feet |
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Stranger sandstone: | |||
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Conglomerate, limestone pebbles in gray, arenaceous, matrix, interbedded with gray, hard, calcareous sandstone, cross-bedded | 4.0 |
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Shale, covered: | 9.0 |
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Sandstone and interbedded laminae of coal, cross-bedded, buff, with thin coal seam at base | 2.0 |
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Conglomerate, limestone pebbles in arenaceous matrix, limy sandstone at top | 1.5 |
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Unconformity. | |
Stanton limestone: | |||
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Captain Creek limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, massive, bluish-gray, very brittle, very few fossils | 3.0 |
25. Section at the south side of sec. 8, T. 10 S., R. 23 E. (A continuation of section 24) | Thickness, in feet |
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Stranger sandstone: | |||
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Conglomerate, limestone pebbles in a brown or gray, sandy matrix, cross-bedded | 3.0 |
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Unconformity: | |
Stanton limestone: | |||
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Captain Creek limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, gray, brittle, massive, blocky | 3.0 |
Vilas shale: | |||
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Shale, gray, argillaceous | 17.3 |
Plattsburg limestone: | |||
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Spring Hill limestone and Hickory Creek shale members: | ||
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Limestone, argillaceous, massive, with thin shale partings, with carbonaceous shale at base | 15.0 |
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Merriam limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, blocky, even-bedded with Osagia, Myalina, and Pinna | 3.0 |
26. Section one fourth mile west of the NW corner of sec. 3a, T. 10 S., R. 23 E. | Thickness, in feet |
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Loess: | |||
Stanton limestone: | |||
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Olathe limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, thin- and wavy-bedded, gray, crystalline | 12.0 |
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Eudora shale member: | ||
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Shale, upper part buff, lower part gray, black and fissile and carbonaceous in middle part | 6.0 |
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Captain Creek limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, massive, dark gray, even-bedded | 6.0 |
Vilas shale: | |||
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Shale, gray and buff, arenaceous | 17.7 |
Plattsburg limestone: | |||
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Limestone, even-bedded, brown. |
27. Section west of the road by creek, south edge of sec. 8, T. 11 S., R. 23 E. | Thickness, in feet |
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Stranger sandstone: | |||
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Sandstone, covered. | |
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Conglomerate, yellow limestone pebbles in gray and brown matrix | 2.0 |
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Unconformity. | |
Stanton limestone: | |||
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Little Kaw limestone member: | ||
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Limestone, massive, dark, brittle, fossiliferous | 4.0 |
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Victory Junction shale member: | ||
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Shale, arenaceous, upper part exposed | 1 |
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