County: Geary

Date: Jan-March-2007

Photographer: Robert S. Sawin/KGS

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Short description: Doyle (Towanda limestone) Shale overlain by Pleistocene loess well exposed along north shore of Milford Lake with some red mudrocks of the Gage shale exposed between the Towanda limestone and Pleistocene units; top of Towanda limestone at 355 m (1165 ft) with upper bed massive [approximately 0.8 m (2.6 ft) thick], mud-cracked, vuggy, brecciated, and possibly bored; five digital photos, one of Gage and Towanda, one of Towanda, and a close-up of the top of the Towanda; just north of center of SE1/4, SW1/4, SW1/4, Sec. 2, T.10S., R.4E., Geary Co., Kansas.

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