County: Geary

Date: Jan-March-2005

Photographer: Robert S. Sawin/KGS

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Short description: Base of Barneston (Florence limestone) Limestone and upper Matfield (Blue Springs shale) Shale exposed in road cut on west side of Kansas Highway 177, with base of Florence limestone at 439 m (1440 ft); one digital photo; approximately 0.2 mile south of northeast corner Sec. 16, T.13S., R.8E., Geary Co., Kansas.

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