County: Geary

Date: Jan-March-2006

Photographer: Robert S. Sawin/KGS

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Short description: Doyle (Holmesville shale and Towanda limestone) Shale, with Towanda limestone (base) exposed in road cut on west side of road at 397 m (1301 ft); red, gray, and green mudrocks of Holmesville shale exposed in road ditch south along road to near top of Barneston (Fort Riley limestone) Limestone at approximately 390 m (1280 ft) at a bench in road just before road turns west; two digital photos, one of Towanda limestone and one from bench in road; near center of east line, SE1/4, NE1/4, Sec. 23, T.13S., R.5E., Geary Co., Kansas.

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