County: Geary

Date: Jan-March-2006

Photographer: Robert S. Sawin/KGS

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Short description: Matfield (upper beds of Wymore shale, Kinney limestone, and Blue Springs shale) Shale through Barneston (Florence limestone, Oketo shale, and Fort Riley limestone rim rock) Limestone well exposed in road cut on east side of U.S. Highway 77, with base of rim rock at 366 m (1200 ft), base of Florence limestone at 356 m (1168 ft), and Kinney limestone at 349 m (1145 ft); hand leveled 0.5 m (1.5 ft) of Kinney and 7 m (23 ft ) of Blue Springs shale; two digital photos; approximately 250 ft west of center, SE1/4, SE1/4, Sec. 34, T.12S., R.5E., Geary Co., Kansas.

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