County: Geary

Date: Jan-March-2007

Photographer: Robert S. Sawin/KGS

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Short description: Barneston (Oketo shale and Fort Riley limestone) Limestone and lower Doyle Shale exposed in road cut on west side of U.S. Highway 77, with base of Towanda limestone at 371 m (1217 ft); one digital photo; approximately 300 ft northwest of GE-246, near center of SE1/4, NW1/4, NW1/4, Sec. 22, T.11S., R.5E., Geary Co., Kansas. Section J-56, sequence from the upper Wymore shale to the Towanda limestone, is located in Sec. 22, T.11S., R.5E., Geary Co., Kansas.

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