County: Geary

Date: Jan-March-2007

Photographer: Robert S. Sawin/KGS

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Short description: Matfield (upper Wymore shale, Kinney limestone, and Blue Springs shale) Shale and lower Barneston (Florence limestone) Limestone exposed in road cut on east side of Britt Road, with base of Florence limestone at 346 m (1135 ft); 5 m (17 ft) of Blue Springs shale with Kinney limestone at 341 m (1118 ft); Kinney limestone is thin-bedded, highly fossiliferous argillaceous carbonate overlain by a thin grayish mudrock with a thick bed of hard, dense limestone at top; two digital photos; approximately 200 ft west and 200 ft north of center of south line, NW1/4, Sec. 28, T.12S., R.5E. Geary Co., Kansas. NOTE: Section 111 of Mazzullo et al. (1977, pp. 185-186) reported the following thicknesses: Florence = 8 ft 5 inches, Blue Springs = 12 ft 3 inches, Kinney = 19 ft 6 inches, and Wymore = 8 ft 8 inches.

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