Page 3–The GeoRecord Vol 1.2
Fall 1995

Natural Salt Contamination in South-central Kansas
The word “contamination” is often associated with human-induced activities, but natural sources of contamination are not uncommon and can have an impact on much larger areas. This is the case in south-central Kansas, where natural salt contamination of fresh ground water has affected the irrigation and drinking water supply.


Salt Contamination of Ground Water in South-central Kansas was published in June by the Kansas Geological Survey. This circular summarizes results of a long-term KGS study of the movement of saltwater into the overlying freshwater aquifer in parts of Stafford, Pratt, Barton, Rice, and Reno counties. The four-page circular describes how natural salt minerals enter ground water and what precautions can be taken to prevent or minimize saltwater contamination of freshwater aquifers. Salt Contamination of Ground Water in South-central Kansas is the second in a series of public information circulars produced by the Survey's Geology Extension program. Copies of this free publication may be obtained by contacting the KGS.

Two New Industrial Minerals Maps
Kansas produces more than $400 million worth of non-fuel industrial minerals each year, with limestone and sand and gravel being the most common. Other non-fuel mineral products in Kansas include dolomite, sandstone, quartzite, building stone, gypsum, salt, clay and shale, volcanic ash, and chat. A new map showing the locations of the mines that produce non-fuel minerals is now available from the Kansas Geological Survey.

Another new map shows the locations of abandoned quarries and mines in Kansas, information that is particularly useful in areas of new development or construction. The majority of quarries and pits shown on the map are former limestone or sand and gravel operations, but the map also shows the location of sandstone, volcanic ash, clay and shale, salt, and chat quarries and pits.

These color maps, Non-fuel Industrial Minerals of Kansas, 1995, and Abandoned Non-fuel Mineral Pits and Quarries in Kansas, 1995, are drawn at a scale of 1:1,000,000 (one inch equals about 15 miles) and measure about 13 inches by 26 inches. Both maps were compiled by D. A. Grisafe, J. A. Ross, and D. L. Beene. Copies of either map are available for $15 plus tax and shipping from the KGS.

Producing Horizons of Oil and Gas: Additional Maps
Two new maps have been added to the popular Producing Horizons of Oil and Gas Fields in Kansas series produced by the Kansas Geological Survey. This series shows producing horizons, the different rock units that yield oil and gas in Kansas.

Producing Horizons of Oil and Gas Fields in the Hugoton Basin, Kansas, 1995 (M-42) combines the Dodge City and Scott City quadrangle maps from the M-35 Series, to display the oil and gas fields of the Hugoton Basin on one map. At a map scale of 1:250,000 (one inch equals four miles), this color map also identifies by name the fields that produce oil and gas in the Hugoton Basin.

A wall map of Kansas oil and gas fields, Producing Horizons of Oil and Gas Fields in Kansas, 1994 (M-38), uses 10 colors to represent the approximate age of the rocks that are productive in Kansas. Drawn at a scale of 1:500,000 (one inch equals about eight miles) and measuring 26 inches by 52 inches, this new map is a composite of the 12 quadrangle maps in the M-35 Series.


Producing Horizons of Oil and Gas Fields in the Hugoton Basin, Kansas, 1995 (M-42) and Producing Horizons of Oil and Gas Fields in Kansas, 1994 (M-38) may be purchased from the Kansas Geological Survey for $20 each, plus tax and shipping.

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Segment of Producing Horizons of Oil and Gas Fields in the Hugoton Basin, Kansas.

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