County: Geary

Date: Jan-March-2007

Photographer: Robert S. Sawin/KGS

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Short description: Barneston (Florence limestone) Limestone and Matfield (Blue Springs shale, Kinney limestone, and Wymore shale) Shale exposed in road cut on south side of Interstate Highway 70, with base of Florence limestone at 370 m (1214 ft); one digital photo taken from north side of I-70; approximately 150 ft south and 300 ft west of the center of east line of NW1/4, NW1/4, Sec. 8, T.12S., R.6E., Geary Co., Kansas.

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