County: Chase

Date: November 11, 2017

Photographer: Catherine Evans/KGS

Place Name: Strong City, Highway 177

Short description: Permian limestone and shale (mudstone) layers are exposed in a roadcut northwest of Strong City. The rock layers were formed from marine deposits 299 million to 252 million years ago.

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