County: Geary

Date: Jan-March-2005

Photographer: Robert S. Sawin/KGS

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Short description: Matfield (Wymore shale, Kinney limestone, and Blue Springs shale) Shale and lower Barneston (Florence limestone) Limestone exposed in road cuts along both sides of Kansas Highway 177, with base of Florence limestone at 420 m (1378 ft) and top of Kinney limestone at 414 m (1358 ft); one digital photo; near center of east line, NW1/4, Sec. 9, T.12S., R.8E., Geary Co., Kansas.

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