County: Geary

Date: Jan-March-2005

Photographer: Robert S. Sawin/KGS

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Short description: Barneston (Florence limestone) Limestone and Matfield (Blue Rapids shale and Kinney limestone) Shale exposed in road cut on north side of Humboldt Creek Road, with base of Florence limestone at 423 m (1388 ft); top of a thick, 0.5-m (1.6-ft) limestone bed (Kinney limestone) in creek 12 m (38 ft) below base of Barneston Limestone at 412 m (1350 ft); elevation of creek bed is approximately 405 m (1330 ft); see graphic section; three digital photos; approximately 4300 ft east of northwest corner Sec. 18, T.13S., R.8E., Geary Co., Kansas.

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