County: Geary

Date: Jan-March-2006

Photographer: Robert S. Sawin/KGS

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Short description: Wreford (Schroyer limestone and Havensville shale) Limestone exposed in road ditch on west side of Clarks Creek Road and in south bank of creek west of road, with base of Schroyer limestone at approximately 362 m (1187 ft); lower part approximately 2 m (6 ft) of Schroyer limestone is cherty with grainstone float blocks approximately 0.3 m (1 ft) thick in road ditch; sequence below the Schroyer limestone is mostly mudrock (Havensville shale), but there are two limestone beds each about 0.3 m (1 ft) thick separated by 0.3 m (1 ft) of mudrock near water level; three digital photos; approximately 100 ft east and 100 ft north of center of N1/2, N1/2, sec. 9, T.13S., R.6E., Geary Co., Kansas.

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