County: Geary

Date: Jan-March-2005

Photographer: Robert S. Sawin/KGS

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Short description: Barneston (Florence limestone) Limestone and Matfield (Blue Springs shale and Kinney limestone) Shale exposed in road cut on west side of Kansas Highway 177, with base of Florence limestone at 425 m (1394 ft) and Kinney limestone at 418 m (1371 ft); Blue Springs is 7 m (23 ft) (hand leveled) thick; see graphic section; two digital photos; south of center of west line, Sec. 5, T. 12S., R.8E., Geary Co., Kansas.

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