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Measured Sections

The following measured sections are arranged by geographic location. The color terminology used in the descriptions was determined with the aid of the Rock-Color Chart (Geological Society of America, 1951), which uses the Munsell system of dividing all colors into three basic components: hue, value, and chroma. The symbol (5Y7/2), for example, indicates a color in the middle of the yellow range of high value (almost white) and low chroma (pale, approaching gray). The corresponding name of this symbol is yellowish-gray. Shades of gray are indicated by the symbol N followed by the value. Additional measured sections for the county are available for examination in the open files of the State Geological Survey of Kansas and the Ground-Water Branch, U.S. Geological Survey, in Lawrence, Kansas.

Locality 2. SW NW NW sec. 21, T. 15 S., R. 22 E. Thickness
(feet)
Plattsburg Limestone
Spring Hill Limestone Member
Limestone, coarse-grained, thick-bedded, light brownish-gray (5YR6/1); fusulinids, corals, and a few productid brachiopods13.2
Bonner Springs Shale
Shale, sandy, blocky-bedded, olive-gray (5Y6.5/1)11.0
Sandstone, medium-grained, limy, micaceous, light olive-gray (5Y6/1); small brachiopods; scattered carbonaceous specks5.9
Covered11.3
Total Bonner Springs Shale measured28.2
Wyandotte Limestone
Limestone, fine- to coarse-grained, thick-bedded, light brownish-gray (5YR6/1); large brachiopods and algae; lower part covered13.6
Locality 3. SE SE sec. 26, T. 15 S., R. 22 E. Thickness
(feet)
Plattsburg Limestone
Spring Hill Limestone Member
Limestone, medium-grained, thin-bedded, pale yellowish-brown (10YR6/2); algae, Composita, and crinoid fragments4.0+
Bonner Springs Shale
Shale, clayey, blocky, light grayish-olive (10Y5/2); partly covered17.4
Wyandotte Limestone
Argentine Limestone Member
Limestone, fine- to coarse-grained, silty, medium-bedded, grayish-orange-pink (5-YR7/2) to dark yellowish-gray (5Y7/1); very badly fractured; some hematite, abundant large crystals of calcite7.2
Frisbie Limestone Member
Limestone, fine- to medium-grained, thin-to medium-bedded, light brownish-gray (5YR6/1) to light olive-gray (5Y6/1)3.0
Total Wyandotte Limestone measured10.2
Lane Shale
Shale, clayey, blocky, medium light-gray (N6) with moderate reddish-brown (10-R4/6) spots; carbonaceous impressions; partly covered19.2
Siltstone, very thin-bedded, moderate olive-brown (5Y4/4) to dusky-yellow (5Y6/4); plant impressions8.9
Sandstone, fine- to very fine-grained, medium- to thick-bedded, very dark yellowish-orange (10YR5/6); plant impressions4.2
Siltstone and shale, very thin-bedded, moderate olive-brown (5Y4/4) to dusky-yellow (5Y6/4); plant impressions10.6
Covered39.0
Total Lane Shale measured81.9
Locality 4. NE NW sec. 27, T. 15 S., R. 22 E., quarry exposure. Thickness
(feet)
Plattsburg Limestone
Spring Hill Limestone Member
Limestone, conglomeratic, thin- to medium-bedded, pale yellowish-brown (10YR6/2); many limonite, calcite, shale and iron-stone fragments; some small brachiopods and gastropods2.1
Limestone, fine- to coarse-grained, thin-to medium-bedded, very pale brown (5YR6/2); very fractured with calcite fillings; brachiopods, crinoids, bryozoans and Osagia13.3
Limestone, medium-grained, medium-bedded, grayish-orange-pink (5YR7/2)3.0
Total Spring Hill Limestone Member measured18.4
Bonner Springs Shale
Shale, clayey, blocky, mottled, moderate yellowish-brown (10YR5/4) to moderate reddish-brown; partly covered15.6
Covered17.4
Total Bonner Springs Shale measured33.0
Locality 9. SW SW NW sec. 25, T. 16 S., R. 21 E. Thickness
(feet)
Plattsburg Limestone
Spring Hill Limestone Member
Limestone, medium-grained, bedding thin and irregular, pale yellowish-brown (10YR6/2); badly fractured, algal, with crinoid remains; poorly exposed2.1
Hickory Creek Shale Member
Shale, silty, moderate yellowish-brown (10YR5/4) to dark yellowish-orange (10YR6/6); 0.1-foot bed of soft limestone in middle of shale1.2
Merriam Limestone Member
Limestone, fine-grained, massive yellowish-gray (5Y8/ 1); algal, with Phricodothyris and echinoid spines1.0
Total Plattsburg Limestone measured4.3
Bonner Springs Shale
Shale, blocky, light olive-gray (5Y5/2)5.5
Limestone (?), shaly, nodular, dark yellowish-orange (10YR6/6) to dark yellowish-brown (10YR4/2)0.7
Shale, silty, blocky, grayish-red (5R4/2)2.8
Shale, silty, blocky, dark greenish-gray (5GY4/1)2.0+
Total Bonner Springs Shale measured11.0
Locality 10. SW SW sec. 26 and SE SE sec. 27, T. 16 S., R. 22 E. Thickness
(feet)
Vilas Shale
Covered6.0+
Plattsburg Limestone
Spring Hill Limestone Member
Limestone, medium- to coarse-grained, oolitic at top, thin- to thick-bedded, light-gray (N7) to yellowish-gray (5Y8/1); cherty, with fusulinids and brachiopods (Composita?)13.7
Hickory Creek Shale Member
Shale, silty, blocky, grayish-orange (10YR7/4)1.0
Merriam Limestone Member
Limestone, fine-grained, thin- to medium-bedded, light olive-gray (5Y6/1); Osagia?5.1
Total Plattsburg Limestone measured19.8
Bonner Springs Shale
Shale, clayey, greenish-gray (5GY6/1); small brachiopods and bryozoan fragments5.5
Wyandotte Limestone
Argentine Limestone Member
Limestone, coarse-grained, thin-bedded, light olive-gray (5Y6/1); large productids and crinoid remains12.7
Frisbie Limestone Member
Limestone, medium-grained, massive, light olive-gray (5Y6/1) to medium light-gray (N6)3.1
Total Wyandotte Limestone measured15.8
Lane Shale
Shale, sandy, blocky, light-gray (N7) to light olive-gray (5Y6/1); several thin siltstone streaks, lower part covered10.0+
Locality 12. SE sec. 7 and SW sec. 8, T. 16 S., R. 23 E; composite road cut and quarry exposure. Thickness
(feet)
Plattsburg Limestone
Spring Hill Limestone Member
Limestone, medium- to coarse-grained, thin- to medium-bedded, pale yellowish-brown (10YR6/2); fusulinids and Enteletes4.0
Hickory Creek Shale Member
Shale, flaky, grayish-orange (10YR7/4)1.0
Merriam Limestone Member
Limestone, fine-grained, thick-bedded and massive, yellowish-gray (5Y7/2) to light brownish-gray (5YR6/1); Osagia?2.1
Total Plattsburg Limestone7.1
Bonner Springs Shale
Shale, blocky-bedded, moderate yellowish-brown (10YR5/4), dusky-red (5R3/4) at base6.2
Siltstone, thin-bedded, grayish-orange (10YR7/4); plant remains5.1
Total Bonner Springs Shale measured11.3
Wyandotte Limestone
Argentine Limestone Member
Limestone, fine-grained, thin-bedded at bottom, remainder thick-bedded, pale olive-gray (5Y7/1); some chert; large Linoproductus, crinoid remains, and algae15.8
Lane Shale
Shale and siltstone, sandy, blocky to massive, micaceous108.6
Iola Limestone
Raytown Limestone Member
Limestone, medium-grained, medium- and even-bedded, grayish-orange-pink (5YR7/2); algal; very fossiliferous10.3
Muncie Creek Shale Member
Shale, silty, flaky, dusky-yellow (5Y6/4); phosphatic nodules0.7
Paola Limestone Member
Limestone, fine-grained, thick-bedded and massive, light brownish-gray (SYR6/ 1); algal2.4
Total Iola Limestone measured13.4
Chanute Shale
Locality 13. SE SE NW sec. 22, T. 16 S., R. 23 E. Thickness
(feet)
Lane Shale
Shale, poorly exposed4.0+
Iola Limestone
Raytown Limestone Member
Limestone, fine- to medium-grained, thin-to medium-bedded, light olive-gray (5Y6/1); small shale partings throughout, limonite specks; algal; crinoid remains, gastropods and abundant brachiopods7.0
Muncie Creek Shale Member
Shale, silty, flaky, olive-gray (5Y4/1); some limonite, small white phosphate nodules; many small fossils0.4
Paola Limestone Member
Limestone, fine-grained, thick-bedded and massive, light olive-gray (5Y6/1) to light brownish-gray (5YR6/1), weathers to a dusky yellow (5Y6/4); top is very hummocky; limonite specks, algal; with Chonetes2.4
Total Iola Limestone measured9.8
Chanute Shale
Shale, clayey, blocky, upper 2.5 feet is soft, limonitic, greenish-gray (5G6/1), lower 3.3 feet is hard, dark-gray (N3) with disseminated limonite, coal fragments5.8+
Locality 17. SE NE NW sec. 30, T. 16 S., R. 24 E., quarry exposure. Thickness
(feet)
Plattsburg Limestone
Spring Hill Limestone Member
Limestone, coarse-grained, medium-bedded, yellowish-gray (5Y8/1), weathers moderate yellowish-brown (10YR5/4); abundant hematite and crystalline calcite; fusulinids, brachiopods, algae, and Enteletes9.1
Hickory Creek Shale Member ? (covered)2.0
Merriam Limestone Member
Limestone, medium-grained, massive, soft, medium light-gray (N6); band of black chert 1.7 feet from base; bryozoans and fossil fragments in the chert3.6
Total Plattsburg Limestone measured14.7
Bonner Springs Shale
Shale, flaky to blocky, hard, light-gray (N7)0.9
Wyandotte Limestone
Farley and Argentine Limestone Members, Undifferentiated
Limestone, medium-grained, thick-bedded, massive, yellowish-gray (5Y8/1); some algae14.7
Limestone, medium- to coarse-grained, thin-to medium-bedded, yellowish-gray (5Y7/2) to dark olive-gray (5Y4/1); productids and spirifers (base covered)6.3
Total Wyandotte Limestone measured21.0
Locality 23. SE SE SW sec. 35, T. 17 S., R. 22 E. Thickness
(feet)
Iola Limestone
Raytown Limestone Member
Limestone, fine- to medium-grained, medium-bedded, very pale yellowish-brown (10YR7/2); Echinaria5.4
Muncie Creek Shale Member
Shale, flaky, very pale yellowish-brown (10YR7/2)0.5
Paola Limestone Member
Limestone, very fine-grained, thick-bedded and massive, light olive-gray (5Y5/2); hacky fracture, small brachiopods2.4
Total Iola Limestone measured8.3
Chanute Shale
Shale, sandy, blocky-bedded, olive-gray (5Y5/2)3.4
Coal0.4
Underclay, gypsum0.2
Shale, clayey, blocky-bedded, medium-dark-gray (N4)11.2
Total Chanute Shale measured15.2
Drum Limestone
Limestone, fine- to medium-grained, thick-bedded and massive, yellowish-gray (5Y7/2); abundant crinoid stems2.7
Cherryvale Shale
Wea and Quivira Shale Members, Undifferentiated
Shale, clayey, blocky to papery, greenish-gray (5GY6/1) with grayish-red (5R4/2) and light olive-gray (5Y5/1) streaks, lower 2.0 feet is medium gray (N5); plant impressions, base covered8.6
Locality 24. SW cor. sec. 6 and NW cor. sec. 7, T. 17 S., R. 23 E. Thickness
(feet)
Wyandotte Limestone
Farley and Argentine Limestone Members
Limestone, fine-grained, dense, medium-bedded, light-olive-gray (5Y6/1); limonite specks, partly covered12.9
Lane Shale
Shale, sandy, clayey, brownish-orange (10YR6/4); thin siltstone beds scattered throughout, partly covered39.9
Iola Limestone
Paola and Raytown Limestone Members, Undifferentiated
Limestone, medium- to coarse-grained, dense, medium-bedded, light olive-gray (5Y6/1), red specks at bottom; upper part fine-grained, yellowish-gray (5Y8/1), partly covered5.7
Chanute Shale
Shale, silty, blocky-bedded, light-gray (N7), weathers with a reddish stain, small black specks, lower part covered5.3
Sandstone, very fine to fine-grained, medium-bedded, dark yellowish-gray (5Y6/2)1.0
Sandstone, fine- to medium-grained, thin-bedded, yellowish-gray (5Y6/2)1.2
Sandstone, very fine to fine-grained, thick-bedded and massive, dusky-yellow (5Y6/4); micaceous1.9
Sandstone, fine-grained, pale yellowish-brown (10YR6/2)0.8
Sandstone, fine-grained, very thin-bedded, moderate yellowish-brown (10YR5/4); each layer is separated by films of carbonaceous material3.3
Total Chanute Shale measured13.5
Drum Limestone
Limestone, fine-grained, sandy, hard, medium-light-gray (N6); some mica near upper contact, lower part covered1.0
Locality 25. SE SE SE sec. 7, T. 17 S., R. 23 E, quarry exposure. Thickness
(feet)
Iola Limestone
Raytown Limestone Member
Limestone, coarse-grained, yellowish-gray (5Y7/2); sparsely fossiliferous0.8
Shale, flaky, dark yellowish-orange (10YR6/6)0.9
Limestone, coarse-grained, yellowish-gray (5Y7/2)0.7
Shale, flaky, dark yellowish-orange (10YR6/6)0.6
Limestone, coarse-grained, yellowish-gray (5Y7/2)0.7
Shale, flaky, yellowish-gray (5Y7/2) to grayish-yellow (5Y8/4); calcareous, numerous horn corals3.8
Limestone, fine-grained, hard, very dense, medium-bedded, medium-olive-gray (5-Y5/1); algal with Antiquatonia, Derbyia, and Dielasma4.3
Limestone, fine-grained, thin- to medium-bedded, dark-yellowish-gray (5Y7/1)1.9
Limestone, fine-grained, thick-bedded, dark-yellowish-gray (5Y7/1); beds are lens-shaped2.1
Limestone, fine-grained, medium-bedded, very light-gray (N8); numerous shale partings, algal7.8
Limestone, silty, soft, light-gray to medium-light-gray (N6.5); composed mostly of fossil fragments0.5
Total Raytown Limestone Member measured24.1
Muncie Creek Shale Member
Shale, hard and fissile, dark-gray (N3); sparse phosphatic nodules in upper part, abundant pyrite particles, Lingula and some worm trails?0.5
Paola Limestone Member
Limestone, fine-grained, medium-olive-gray (5Y5/1); top contact hummocky, lower part covered1.5
Total Iola Limestone measured26.1
Locality 28. SE sec. 20, T. 17 S., R. 23 E., along north-south road. Thickness
(feet)
Iola Limestone
Limestone, covered, rubble at surface-
Chanute Shale
Shale, silty, blocky-bedded, dusky-yellow (5Y6/4), weathers to dark grayish-yellow (5Y7/4); partly covered28.7
Drum Limestone
Limestone, fine-grained, dense, medium-bedded, yellowish-gray (5Y7/2), weathers moderate yellowish brown (10YR5/4); abundant crinoid stems2.7
Cherryvale Shale
Quivira Shale Member
Shale, silty, blocky-bedded, dusky-yellow (5Y6/4); many thin dark yellowish-orange (IOYR6/6) siltstone streaks25.5
Westerville Limestone Member
Limestone, fine-grained, hard, dense, light olive-gray (5Y5/2), weathers grayish yellow (5Y8/4); crinoid fragments0.6
Wea Shale Member
Shale, silty, blocky-bedded, dusky-yellow (5Y6/4)5.7
Total Cherryvale Shale measured31.8
Locality 30. SE SW SW sec. 31, T. 17 S., R. 23 E. Thickness
(feet)
Iola Limestone
Raytown Limestone Member
Limestone, fine- to medium-grained, dense, medium-bedded, light-olive-gray (5Y6/1) to yellowish-gray (5Y7/2); abundant calcite crystals, algal in lower part, gastropods and small brachiopods10.7
Chanute Shale
Shale, clayey, grayish-orange (10YR7/4); mostly covered32.7
Drum Limestone
Limestone, coarse-grained, thin-bedded, flaggy, light olive-gray (5Y6/1); very fossiliferous1.2
Shale, calcareous, light olive-gray (5Y6/ 1); limestone streaks with crinoid stems0.5
Limestone, fine-grained, dense, hard, thick-bedded and massive, light brownish-gray (5YR6/1), weathers moderate-brown (5YR4/4); abundant crinoid stems2.3
Total Drum Limestone measured4.0
Locality 31. SE NW NW to SW SE NW sec. 1, T. 17 S., R. 24 E. Thickness
(feet)
Wyandotte Limestone
Argentine Limestone Member
Limestone, medium- to coarse-grained, thin- to medium-bedded, light-olive-gray (5Y6/1); very cherty in upper 2.6 feet, fusulinids, brachiopods and crinoid stems, upper part covered5.7
Lane Shale
Shale, silty, blocky-bedded, grayish-orange (10YR7/4) to light-bluish-gray (5B7/1)50.3
Iola Limestone
Raytown Limestone Member
Limestone, fine- to medium-grained, medium-bedded, light-olive-gray (5Y6/ 1); algal7.7
Muncie Creek Shale Member
Shale, silty, flaky, dusky-yellow (5Y6/4); phosphatic nodules0.35
Paola Limestone Member
Limestone, fine-grained, thick-bedded and massive, medium-yellowish-brown (10-YR5/2); worm borings?, brachiopods2.7
Total Iola Limestone measured10.75
Chanute Shale
Covered12.0
Locality 32. SE SE SE sec. 5, T. 17 S., R. 24 E. Thickness
(feet)
Wyandotte Limestone
Barley and Argentine Limestone Members, Undifferentiated
Limestone, fine- to medium-grained, thick-bedded, light olive-gray (5Y6/1); fractures filled with calcite, cherty, has Enteletes and algae8.5
Limestone, fine- to medium-grained, thin-and wavy-bedded, very light olive-gray (5Y7/1), cherty, Antiquatonia5.5
Limestone, medium-grained, thick-bedded, yellowish-gray (5Y8/1); cherty, Antiquatonia73
Total Wyandotte Limestone measured21.3
Lane Shale
Shale, clayey, blocky-bedded in upper part to fissile in lower part, olive-gray (5Y3/2) to dark-gray (N3); some siltstone, limonite streaks20.1
Locality 33. NW SW NW sec. 16, T. 17 S., R. 24 E. Thickness
(feet)
Iola Limestone
Paola Limestone Member
Limestone, fine-grained, medium-bedded, yellowish-gray (5Y7/2); algal, partly covered2.3+
Chanute Shale
Shale, clayey, blocky-bedded, light olive-gray (5Y5/2); abundant plant remains4.1
Sandstone, fine-grained, massive; dark-yellowish-orange (10YR6/6), weathers moderate yellowish brown (10YR5/4); plant remains11.1
Shale, clayey, blocky-bedded, medium-gray (N5)2.0
Coal, black (N1), with medium-olive-gray (5Y5/1) underclay0.4
Shale, silty, blocky-bedded, light olive-gray (5Y5/2) to dusky-yellow (5Y6/4); calcareous nodules in lower 5.0 feet11.2
Total Chanute Shale measured28.8
Drum Limestone
Limestone, fine-grained, massive, light olive-gray, weathers moderate reddish brown (10R4/6); gastropods, crinoid stems3.1
Cherryvale Shale
Quivira Shale Member
Shale, clayey, blocky-bedded, upper 2 feet grayish-black (N2) with moderate greenish-yellow (10Y7/4) spots, remainder is pale olive (10Y6/2); plant remains16.1
Westerville Limestone Member
Limestone, coarse-grained, medium- to thick-bedded, yellowish-gray (5Y7/2); crinoid stems, weathered very deeply1.1
Wea Shale Member
Shale, silty, blocky-bedded, moderate-yellowish-brown (10YR5/4) to light olive-gray (5Y5/2)19.4
Covered10.0
Total Cherryvale Shale measured46.6
Locality 34. SW SW SW sec. 29 and SE SE SE sec. 30, T. 17 S., R. 24 E. Thickness
(feet)
Wyandotte Limestone
Argentine Limestone Member
Limestone, medium-grained, soft, medium-bedded, very light-gray (N8) to grayish-orange-pink (5YR7/2); crinoid stems5.1
Lane Shale
Shale, sandy, flaky- to blocky-bedded, pale olive (10Y6/2)24.1
Iola Limestone
Raytown Limestone Member
Limestone, medium to coarse, medium-bedded, light olive-gray (5Y6/ 1); large productids and algae5.1
Muncie Creek Shale Member
Shale, flaky, dusky-yellow (5Y6/4); phosphatic nodules0.2
Paola Limestone Member
Limestone, fine-grained, thick-bedded and massive, medium-light-gray (N6); top surface hummocky, algal2.1
Total Iola Limestone measured7.4
Chanute Shale
Shale, sandy, blocky- to flaky-bedded, greenish-gray (5GY6/1)37.4
Drum Limestone
Limestone, coarse-grained, light brownish-gray (5YR6/1); abundant crinoid stems, base covered2.0
Locality 35. SW SW SW sec. 5, T. 17 S., R. 25 E. Thickness
(feet)
Wyandotte Limestone
Argentine Limestone Member
Limestone, medium- to coarse-grained, thin-bedded in upper 5.0 feet, lower 2.0 feet is thick bedded, light olive-gray (5Y6/1), cherty, Antiquatonia and other small brachiopods, sparse fusulinids7.0
Quindaro Shale Member
Shale, sandy, upper third is dark yellowish-orange (10YR6/6), middle third is dark gray (N3), lower third is grayish-olive (10Y4/2); upper half has abundant crinoid stems, bryozoans, spirifers and other small brachiopods, Heliospongia?3.3
Frisbie Limestone Member
Limestone, fine-grained, medium-bedded, medium (N5) to dark yellowish-gray (5Y6/2), 0.2-foot shale parting 0.5 foot from base of limestone, crinoid stems and small brachiopods1.7
Total Wyandotte Limestone measured12.0
Lane Shale
Shale, silty, blocky-bedded, medium-light-gray (N6) to medium-gray (N5); partly covered65.7
Locality 36. SW SE SW sec. 17, T. 17 S., R. 25 E., quarry exposure. Thickness
(feet)
Wyandotte Limestone
Farley-Argentine Limestone Member
Limestone, medium-grained with abundant large calcite crystals, thin- to medium-bedding, yellowish-gray (5Y7/2), weathers dusky yellow (5Y6/4); very large chert nodules throughout, 0.6 to 1.0 foot in diameter28.4
Covered4.0
Frisbie Limestone Member
Limestone, fine-grained, thick-bedded and massive, light-olive-gray (5Y5/2); Enteletes, Linoproductus, bryozoans, and a few fusulinids2.6
Total Wyandotte Limestone measured35.0
Lane Shale
Shale, clayey, light olive-gray (5Y5/2); scattered limestone stringers, base not exposed3.0
Locality 40. SW NW sec. 17, T. 18 S., R. 22 E. Thickness
(feet)
Lane Shale
Covered6.0+
Iola Limestone
Raytown Limestone Member
Limestone, medium- to coarse-grained, thick-bedded, light-gray (N7) to yellowish-gray (5Y8/1); weathers into angular blocks, some spirifers and Echinaria12.2
Muncie Creek Shale Member
Shale, silty, flaky, yellowish-gray (5Y7/2); phosphatic nodules0.2
Paola Limestone Member
Limestone, fine-grained, thick-bedded and massive, medium-gray (N5); top hummocky, contains worm borings; Heterocoelia?2.1
Total Iola Limestone measured14.5
Chanute Shale
Shale, sandy, blocky-bedded, light grayish-olive (10Y5/2) with reddish-brown (10-R4/4) streaks; a few plant impressions, mostly covered10.0
Locality 44. SW SW NE sec. 12, T. 18 S., R. 23 E., quarry exposure. Thickness
(feet)
Cherryvale Shale
Fontana Shale Member
Covered4.0+
Dennis Limestone
Winterset Limestone Member
Limestone, fine- to medium-grained, thin-to medium-bedded and wavy, medium-light-gray (N6) to medium-olive-gray (5Y5/1); weather medium yellowish orange (10YR7/6); abundant fusulinids, Antiquatonia, Linoproductus, bryozoans, and crinoid remains; some dark-gray oolitic (N3) chert5.3
Shale, clayey, blocky-bedded to fissile, olive-gray (5Y4/1) to dark-gray (N3)1.1
Limestone, fine- to medium-grained, thick bedded and massive, medium-light-gray (N6); dark-gray oolitic (N3) chert; bryozoans and crinoid stems2.8
Shale, clayey, blocky-bedded, olive-black (5Y2/1)1.5
Limestone, fine- to medium-grained, medium- to thick-bedded, light-gray (N7); algal, Derbyia4.6
Shale, silty, thinly laminated, olive-gray (5Y4/1)0.6
Limestone, coarse-grained, thick-bedded, light-gray (N7); abundant calcite crystals and some oolites; crinoids and Neospirifer sp.10.6
Covered3.0
Limestone, medium- to coarse-grained, wavy-bedded, medium-light-gray (N6); marly, very fossiliferous0.6
Stark Shale Member
Shale, blocky-bedded, dark greenish-gray (5GY4/1); Chonetes, Myalina, base covered1.3
Total Dennis Limestone measured31.4
Locality 47. NW NW NE sec. 19, T. 18 S., R. 24 E. Thickness
(feet)
Dennis Limestone
Winterset Limestone Member
Limestone, medium- to coarse-grained, thin-to medium-bedded, light-gray (N7) to light olive-gray (5Y6/1); oolitic, cherty; bryozoans and Triticites? partly covered29.7
Stark Shale Member
Shale, top half is sandy, blocky-bedded, greenish-gray (5GY6/1), bottom half is hard, fissile, grayish-black (N2)6.0
Limestone, many, light olive-gray (5Y6/1), remnant of Canville? Limestone Member of Dennis Limestone0.2
Total Dennis Limestone measured35.9
Galesburg Shale
Shale, sandy, blocky-bedded, greenish-gray (5GY6/1); Chonetes5.1
Swope Limestone
Bethany Falls Limestone Member
Limestone, medium- to coarse-grained, dense, uneven, thin- to thick-bedded, light olive-gray (5Y6/1) to light-gray (N7); chert in the upper part; crinoid stems, bryozoans, and Derbyia15.1
Hushpuckney Shale Member
Shale, top half is sandy, blocky-bedded, light olive-gray (5Y6/1), lower half is black (N1), fissile5.5
Middle Creek Limestone Member
Limestone, fine-grained, thick-bedded and massive, moderate bluish-gray (5B5/1); Chonetes and Derbyia1.4
Total Swope Limestone measured22.0
Ladore Shale
Shale, clayey, blocky-bedded, medium-gray (N5) and light olive-gray (5Y6/1); Chonetes and Derbyia; partly covered11.4
Hertha Limestone
Limestone, coarse-grained, thick-bedded and massive, medium-olive-gray (5Y5/1); Crinoid stems and a few bellerophontid gastropods; base covered4.2
Locality 48. NW NE NW sec. 27, T. 18 S., R. 24 E., stream bank exposure. Thickness
(feet)
Dennis Limestone
Winterset Limestone Member
Limestone, fine- to medium-grained, thin- to medium-bedded and uneven, medium-gray (N5); cherty and oolitic, Composita and Derbyia6.4
Limestone, fine-grained, thin-bedded and uneven, light-gray (N7); chert in lower 5.0 feet; algal, with crinoid remains and Dielasma10.5
Limestone, medium-grained, thick and unevenly bedded, light-gray (N7); algal with abundant productid brachiopods11.3
Covered, some black (N1) shale fragments9.2
Total Dennis Limestone measured37.4
Swope Limestone
Bethany Falls Limestone Member
Limestone, coarse-grained, massive, light olive-gray (5Y6/1); very oolitic and crossbedded4.7
Limestone, coarse-grained, thin-bedded, medium-light-gray (N6); shale partings, Antiquatonia6.1
Limestone, medium- to coarse-grained, medium- to thick-bedded and uneven, light-gray (N7) to light-olive-grey (5Y6/1); shale partings, cherty, worm borings?, Crinoid stems and Chonetes8.5
Hushpuckney Shale Member
Shale, hard, fissile, black (N1); some fish scales?, base covered3.0
Total Swope Limestone measured22.3
Locality 50. NE SE sec. 34, T. 18 S., R. 24 E., composite stream bank exposure and quarry exposure. Thickness
(feet)
Dennis Limestone
Winterset Limestone Member
Limestone, coarse-grained, thick-bedded, light olive-gray (5Y6/1); Some oolites; algae, crinoid Stems, and Composita5.2
Stark Shale Member
Shale, silty, blocky-bedded, medium-olive-gray (5Y4/2) with abundant fossils in upper half, hard, fissile, black (N1) in lower half3.4
Total Dennis Limestone measured8.6
Galesburg Shale
Covered5.0
Swope Limestone
Bethany Falls Limestone Member
Covered6.8
Limestone, medium- to coarse-grained, medium- to thick-bedded, light olive-gray (5Y6/1) to light-gray (N7); bryozoans, crinoid stems, partly covered13.2
Hushpuckney Shale Member
Shale, upper part is clayey, blocky-bedded, olive-gray (5Y4/1) and lower part is fissile, black (N1); middle portion covered4.7
Middle Creek Limestone Member
Limestone, fine-grained, massive, medium dark-gray (N4); algal1.8
Total Swope Limestone measured26.5
Ladore Shale
Covered4.6
Hertha Limestone
Limestone, medium- to coarse-grained, thin- to medium-bedded, olive-gray (5Y4/1) to light-gray (N7); Crinoid stems; base covered5.1
Locality 57. NE SE SE sec. 10, T. 19 S., R. 24 E. Thickness
(feet)
Swope Limestone
Bethany Falls Limestone Member
Limestone, medium-grained, medium-bedded, very light-brownish-gray (5YR7/1); cherty, mostly covered19.7
Hushpuckney Shale Member
Covered5.1
Shale, fissile, grayish-black (N2)0.9
Middle Creek Limestone Member
Limestone, fine-grained, massive, light-olive-gray (5Y6/1)2.6
Total Swope Limestone measured28.3
Ladore Shale
Covered3.7
Hertha Limestone
Limestone, medium-grained, massive, light-olive-gray (5Y6/1) at top, light-brownish-gray (5YR6/i) at base; bryozoans, and algae4.3
Shale, flaky, dusky-yellow (5Y6/4)0.4
Limestone, coarse-grained, massive, yellowish-gray (5Y7/2); Crinoid stems1.2
Total Hertha Limestone5.9
Pleasanton Group
Shale, clayey, blocky-bedded, olive-gray (5Y5/2)5.2
Limestone, sandy, nodular, olive-gray (5Y5/2)0.5
Shale, clayey, blocky-bedded, medium-olive-gray (5Y4/2)6.0
Sandstone, fine-grained, dusky-yellow (5Y6/4); plant impressions1.0
Shale, sandy, blocky-bedded, dank grayish-yellow (5Y7/4)5.1
Sandstone, fine-grained, thin- to medium-bedded, grayish-orange (10YR7/4); plant impressions5.7
Shale, sandy, blocky-bedded, light olive gray (5Y6/1) to light-gray (N7); micaceous; plant remains; base covered20.0
Total Pleasanton Group measured43.5
Locality 58. NE NE NW sec. 6, T. 19 S., R. 25 E., composite section along east-west road. Thickness
(feet)
Dennis Limestone
Winterset Limestone Member
Limestone, covered22.8
Stark Shale Member
Shale, hard, fissile, black (N1)1.0
Total Dennis Limestone measured23.8
Galesburg Shale
Shale, silty, blocky-bedded, dusky-yellow (5Y6/4); plant remains3.8
Swope Limestone
Bethany Falls Limestone Member
Limestone, medium-grained, thin- to medium-bedded, upper quarter is very light-gray (N8), upper middle quarter is pale olive (10Y6/2), lower middle quarter is yellowish-gray (5Y7/2), lower quarter is light brownish-gray (5YR712); bryozoans, Crinoid stems, and Antiquatonia19.5
Hushpuckney Shale Member
Shale, upper 6.2 feet is silty, flaky dusky-yellow (5Y6/4), lower 1.2 feet is hard, fissile, dank-gray (N3)7.4
Middle Creek Limestone Member
Limestone, flne-grained, massive, medium-gray (N5)2.0
Total Swope Limestone measured28.9
Ladore Shale
Shale, silty, paper-thin, olive-gray (5Y6/1)1.7
Hertha Limestone
Limestone, coarse-grained, medium- to thick-bedded, light brownish-gray (5YR6/1); limonite specks; algae, Pulcratia, bellerophontid gastropods, sparse horn corals3.7
Locality 59. NE NE NW sec. 16, T. 19 S., R. 25 E. Thickness
(feet)
Swope Limestone
Hushpuckney Shale Member
Shale, fissile, black (N1); mostly covered1.3
Middle Creek Limestone Member
Limestone, fine-grained, massive, medium-bluish-gray (5B5/1)1.6
Total Swope Limestone measured2.9
Ladore Shale
Covered5.1
Hertha Limestone
Limestone, fine- to medium-grained, thin-to thick-bedded, light-brown (5YR6/4); top bed is algal with Derbyia, lower bed is Crinoidal with Composita3.2
Shale, silty, medium light-gray (N6)0.4
Limestone, earthy, massive, olive-gray (5Y4/1); Crinoid remains 1.0
Total Hertha Limestone measured4.6
Pleasanton Group
Shale, clayey, blocky, medium-olive-gray (5Y5/1); plant impressions6.2
Limestone, nodular, brownish-gray (5YR4/1)0.3
Shale, silty, blocky-bedded, grayish-orange (10YR7/4)62.0
Total Pleasanton Group measured68.5

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