County: Geary

Date: Jan-March-2007

Photographer: Robert S. Sawin/KGS

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Short description: Matfield (Kinney limestone and upper Wymore shale) Shale well exposed at small parking area on northeast side of Kansas Highway 57 at Franks Hill, with base of Kinney limestone at 357 m (1171 ft); one digital photo; just west of center of south line of NE1/4, NE1/4, NE1/4, Sec. 8, T.12S., R6E., Geary Co., Kansas; location of Kinney limestone recorded in G-14 and J-67.

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