County: Geary

Date: Jan-March-2005

Photographer: Robert S. Sawin/KGS

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Short description: Matfield (Blue Springs shale, Kinney limestone, and Wymore shale) Shale well exposed in road cut just south of old quarry on east side of Florence Road, with top of Kinney limestone at approximately 408 m (1340 ft); two digital photos, one of road cut and one of north face of old quarry; approximately 1500 ft west of center of east line of Sec. 30, T.12S., R.8E., Geary Co., Kansas. White City NE Quadrangle.

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