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Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-09


Field Geology Maps—Geary County, Kansas

Preliminary Field Geology Maps for Dwight, Ogden, Swede Creek, and White City NE 1:24,000-Scale Quadrangles

by
Ronald R. West and Robert S. Sawin
Kansas State University and Kansas Geological Survey


KGS Open File Report 2005-09
September 2005


Geary County, Kansas—Index to 1:24,000-Scale Maps

Copies of the field maps are open-filed at the Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, Kansas.

Legend

These maps indicate lithostratigraphic units only. No temporal, genetic, or related depositional aspects are meant or implied.

The stratigraphic sequence in this report is restricted to the interval from the Eskridge Shale at the base to the Barneston Limestone at the top. Overlying these Permian rocks are Quaternary alluvium and terrace deposits.

Terminology of the left side of the Composite (Generalized) Lithologic Sequence is that of Zeller (1968), which agrees with Jewett (1941).

The following lithostratigraphic contacts were mapped in the Geary County quadrangles of this report:

Solid Line = Observed Contact
Dashed Line = Concealed Contact

Dwight Quadrangle--Geary Co.

Explanation--Control points for the Geary county geologic map are identified as described below.

  1. Numbers preceded by the letter G refer to measured sections from Geary County, Kansas, in the files of the Kansas Geological Survey. Numbering began with the first section in the book and preceded sequentially to the last section.
  2. Numbers preceded by the letter J refer to measured sections in KGS Bulletin 39 (Jewett, 1941).
  3. Numbers preceded by the letters GE are new sites examined and recorded specifically for this mapping project.
  4. Additional sites are contained in: (a) KSU master's thesis by Voran (1977), (b) South-central GSA guidebook on the Crouse Limestone (West, 1972), (c) KGS Technical Series 6 (Mazzullo et al., 1997), and (d) KSU master's thesis by Griffin (1974).

Any site may be identified by any one, two, three, or all four of these designations.

Control Point

No sites were identified in the Geary Co. part of the Dwight quadrangle.

Ogden Quadrangle--Geary Co.

Explanation--Control points for the Geary county geologic map are identified as described below.

  1. Numbers preceded by the letter G refer to measured sections from Geary County, Kansas, in the files of the Kansas Geological Survey. Numbering began with the first section in the book and preceded sequentially to the last section.
  2. Numbers preceded by the letter J refer to measured sections in KGS Bull. 39 (Jewett, 1941).
  3. Numbers preceded by the letters GE are new sites examined and recorded specifically for this mapping project.
  4. Additional sites are contained in: (a) KSU master's thesis by Voran (1977), (b) South-central GSA guidebook on the Crouse Limestone (West, 1972), (c) KGS Technical Series 6 (Mazzullo et al., 1997), and (d) KSU master's thesis by Griffin (1974).

Any site may be identified by any one, two, three, or all four of these designations.

Control Point

G-3 = Sequence from Eiss Limestone Member to Threemile Limestone Member; near center of NE sec. 3, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas; date and author unknown.

G-4 = Eiss Limestone Member to with interval between covered Threemile Limestone Member; sec. 18, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas; date and author unknown.

G-11 = Sequence from upper Speiser Shale to lower Wymore Shale in roadcuts on U.S. Highway 40 about 4 miles east of Junction City in NE NE sec. 34, T. 11 S., R. 6 E., Geary Co., Kansas; measured and described by D. E. Hattin as part of doctoral dissertation at KU, undated.

J-68 = Sequence from upper Stearns Shale to the lower Florence Limestone Member; same geographic locality as G-3 above.

J-69 = Same as G-4 above.

GE-71 = Base of Wreford Limestone (Threemile Limestone Member) in roadcuts on both sides of Hannagan Road at 375 m (1230 ft), good exposure of Threemile "rim rock"; 1 digital photo; just SW of NE cor. sec. 33, T. 11 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-72 = Base of Wreford Limestone (Threemile Member) in roadcut on south side of Tully Hill road at 377 m (1237 ft), 8.5 feet of the Threemile exposed above 12 feet of Speiser Shale with the top of about 2.5 feet of Funston Limestone at 1225 ft (373 m), see graphic section; 1 digital photo of Threemile Member and 2 of Funston Limestone (GE72-2 and GE72-3); just north of center of NW NE sec. 3, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-73 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Limestone Member) in roadcut on north side of Tully Hill Road at 403 m (1322 ft) with 19 feet of Blue Springs Shale Member and 3.4 feet of upper Kinney Limestone Member exposed below, top of the Kinney at 1303 ft (397 m); 1 digital photo; near center of NW NE NW sec. 3, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

NOTE: Compare GE-72 and GE-73 to Mazzullo et al., 1997, sec. 115 and also to exposures at G-3 and J-68.

NOTE: North and east at 382 m (1253 ft) on Tully Hill Road are cherty beds in the road ditch on the north side of the road, possibly the base of the Schroyer Limestone Member/top of Havensville Shale Member or the base of the Threemile Member.

GE-74 = Estimated base of Wreford Limestone (Threemile Member) in road ditch on north side of Tully Hill Road at 374 m (1227 ft), good exposure of lower Threemile Member; 1 digital photo; NW cor. sec. 3, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-75 = Fort Riley "rim rock" in roadcuts on both sides of Tully Hill Road at 413 m (1355 ft); 1 digital photo; NW cor. sec. 4, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-76 = Fort Riley "rim rock" exposed on north side of Tully Hill Road at 398 m (1306 ft); 2 digital photos, 1 of "rim rock" and 1 of burrow in limestone; just south of center of SW SW sec. 31, T. 11 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-77 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) in roadcut on north side of Tully Hill Road at 383 m (1256 ft), Cole Creek bed well developed here; 1 digital photo; just south of center of west line, SW SW sec. 31, T. 11 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-78 = Base of Wreford Limestone (Threemile Member) in roadcut just NE of junction of Tully Hill Road and Humboldt Creek Road at 349 m (1145 ft), good contact; 1 digital photo; near center of N sec. 1, T. 12 S., R. 6 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-79 = Base of Crouse Limestone in roadcut just NE of junction of Interstate 70 and Humboldt Creek Road at 332 m (1089 ft) with limestone in Easly Creek Shale exposed about 6.0 feet below base of the Crouse, see graphic section; Loc. E of Crouse study in GSA guidebook; 2 digital photos (GE79-1 and GE79-2); just NW of Center of SW sec. 25, T. 11 S., R. 6 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-80 = Funston Limestone with spring at base in hillside on east side of Humboldt Creek Road at 345 m (1132 ft), formation consists of two limestone beds with the lower one more prominent where spring occurs; 1 digital photo; center, NW SW sec. 36, T. 11 S., R. 6 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-81 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) in roadcut on north side of Clarks Creek Road at 340 m (1115 ft); 1 digital photo; just NE of center of west line, NW sec. 35, T. 11 S., R. 6 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-83 = Base of Wreford Limestone (Threemile Member) on both sides of Kansas Highway 57 at 350 m (1148 ft); 1 digital photo; near center of south line, SE SE NE sec. 15, T. 12 S., R. 6 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-84 = Base of Wreford Limestone (Threemile Member) well exposed in a stream bank north of Burley Hill Road at 348 m (1142 ft); 1 digital photo; near center of E SE sec. 11, T. 12 S., R. 6 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-85 = Top of Wreford Limestone (Schroyer Limestone Member) in roadcut on south side of Burley Hill Road at 360 m (1181 ft), poorly exposed, Wymore Shale appears thin at this site; 1 digital photo; near center of SW SW sec. 12, T. 12 S., R. 6 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-86 = Kinney limestone equivalent, crossbedded in lower part, in roadcut on south side of Burley Hill Road at 364 m (1194 ft); see graphic section; 6 digital photos (GE86-1, GE86-2, GE86-3, GE86-4, GE86-5); approximately 200 feet east of GE-85, which is near center of SW SW sec. 12, T. 12 S., R. 6 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-87 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) in roadcut on south side of Burley Hill Road at 378 m (1240 ft) with Blue Springs Shale Member reasonably well exposed below; 1 digital photo; approximately 500 feet east of GE-85, which is near center of SW SW sec. 12, T. 12 S., R. 6 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-88 = Fort Riley "rim rock" along south side of Burley Hill Road at 395 m (1296 ft); 1 digital photo; near center of SW SE SW sec. 12, T. 12 S., R. 6 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-89 = Fort Riley "rim rock" along south side of Burley Hill Road at 399 m (1309 ft); 1 digital photo; near center of NW SW sec. 18, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-90 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) exposed in good exposure on north side of Burley Hill Road at 388 m (1273 ft) with 15 feet of Blue Springs Shale Member exposed below followed by 1.5 feet of Kinney Limestone Member and Wymore Shale down to the top of the Wreford Limestone; Cole Creek bed is nicely developed here, see graphic section; 2 digital photos, 1 of the Florence and 1 of the Kinney; just south of center of N sec. 18, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-91 = Top of Wreford Limestone (Schroyer Member) in road and road ditch on south side of Burley Hill Road at 370 m (1214 ft); 1 digital photo; approximately 400 feet NE of GE-90, which is just south of center of N sec. 18, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-92 = Base of Wreford Limestone (Threemile Member) in road ditch on south side of Simpson Ranch Road at 364 m (1194 ft); 1 digital photo of base of the Threemile; just west of center of NW NE NW sec. 17, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-93 = Top of Wreford Limestone (Schroyer Member) in road ditch on south side of Simpson Ranch Road at 374 m (1227 ft), approximately 1 foot of coated grainstone (ostracodes and snails) overlain by about 0.5 foot of light gray carbonate mudstone with greenish gray clay splotches, fenestra, and vertical fractures (a high intertidal to low supratidal carbonate); 1 digital photo; near center of north line, sec. 17, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-94 = Kinney limestone in hillside on North side of Simpson Ranch Road at 398 m (1306 ft); 1 digital photo; just SE of center of W NW sec. 15, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-95 = Fort Riley "rim rock" in road and on south side of Simpson Ranch Road at 421 m (1381 ft); 1 digital photo; approximately 400 feet NE of center of sec. 15, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-96 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) on south side of Simpson Ranch Road at 409 m (1342 ft); not the best of exposures; 1 digital photo; near center of south line, SW SE NE sec. 15, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-97 = Base of Wreford Limestone (Threemile Member) along roadcut on NE side of Humboldt Creek Road at 368 m (1207 ft); 1 digital photo; near center of east line, SE SE SE sec. 17, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-98 = Base of Wreford Limestone (Threemile Member) in roadcut on East side of Humboldt Creek Road at 356 m (1168 ft); 1 digital photo; approximately 400 feet NW of center of E SE sec. 7, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-99 = Funston Limestone in roadcut on East side of Humboldt Creek Road at 354m (1161ft); 1 digital photo; just SE of NW cor. SW SW NE sec. 7, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-100 = Base of Wreford Limestone (Threemile Member) in roadcut along access road NE of junction of Interstate 70 and Kansas Highway 18 at 347 m (1388 ft); 1 digital photo; G-11 and Mazzullo et al., 1997, Loc. 115 are just SW of this site, Voran's sec. S is NW; approximately 300 feet east of center of SW SW sec. 26, T. 11 S., R. 6 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-101 = Exposure of Barneston Limestone from the base with the upper Blue Springs Shale Member below into the upper beds of the Fort Riley Limestone Member on the north side of Interstate 70; obtained elevation of base from KDOT profiles; Griffin's sec. 4 is just east of this site; 1 digital photo; approximately 200 feet east of center of west line, NW SW sec. 30, T. 11 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-102 = Crouse Limestone in roadcut on north side of Interstate 70 along NW access road at junction of McDowell Creek Road and Interstate 70; obtained elevations from KDOT profiles; area of sec. D. of Crouse Limestone study in GSA guidebook; 1 digital photo; approximately 400 feet north of center of sec. 28, T. 11 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-105 = Base of Crouse Limestone in roadcut on north side of Whiskey Lake Road at 329 m (1079 ft); Voran's Sec. Q; 1 digital photo; approximately 200 feet west of center of south line SW sec. 23, T. 11 S., R. 6 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

Swede Creek Quadrangle—Geary Co.

Explanation--Control points for the Geary county geologic map are identified as described below.

  1. Numbers preceded by the letter G refer to measured sections from Geary County, Kansas, in the files of the Kansas Geological Survey. Numbering began with the first section in the book and preceded sequentially to the last section.
  2. Numbers preceded by the letter J refer to measured sections in KGS Bull. 39 (Jewett, 1941).
  3. Numbers preceded by the letters GE are new sites examined and recorded specifically for this mapping project.
  4. Additional sites are contained in: (a) KSU master's thesis by Voran (1977), (b) South-central GSA guidebook on the Crouse Limestone (West, 1972), (c) KGS Technical Series 6 (Mazzullo et al., 1997), and (d) KSU master's thesis by Griffin (1974).

Any site may be identified by any one, two, three, or all four of these designations.

Control Point

G-10 = Matfield Shale (upper Blue Springs Shale Member) and Barneston Limestone (lower Florence Limestone Member) exposed in roadcut along U.S. Highway 40 at Manhattan sign 0.1 mile east of intersection with Kansas Highway 18; SW sec. 28, T. 11 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas; measured and described by S. M. and M. M. Ball, April 1959.

G-15 = Wreford Limestone (Threemile Limestone Member); sec. 31, T. 11 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas; measured and described by Jewett ( no date).

J-59 = G-15.

GE-1 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) at 438 m (KDOT) in roadcut on east side of Kansas Highway 177; 1 digital photo; near center of west line sec. 28, T. 11 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-2 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) Limestone at 423 m (KDOT) in roadcut on north side of I-70 just west of Moritz Road interchange; 2 digital photos (GE2-1, GE2-2); near center sec. 30, T. 11 S. R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-3 = Top of Wreford Limestone (Schroyer Limestone Member) at 403 m (1322 ft) in roadcut on east side of Moritz Road; 3 digital photos (GE3-1, GE3-2, and GE3-3); near center sec. 30, T. 11 S., R. 8 E.; approximately 0.2 mile SE of GE-2; Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-8 = Kinney Limestone Member of Matfield Shale in hillside on east side of Kansas Highway 177 at approximately 420 m (1378 ft); 1 digital photo; approximately 0.15 mile west of SW corner sec. 16, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-9 = Top of Wreford Limestone (Schroyer Member) at approximately 405 m (1329 ft) in roadcut on east side of Kansas Highway 177; 1 digital photo; near center of N NW sec. 16, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-10 = Top of Wreford Limestone (Schroyer Member) at 405 m (1329 ft) in roadcuts on both sides of junction of Kansas highways 177 and old 18 with Wymore Shale exposed below; 1 digital photo; near center SW SW sec. 9, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-11 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) at 440 m (1444 ft) in roadcut on west side of Kansas Highway 177 just south of Riley-Geary county line; 1 digital photo; near NE corner sec. 29, T. 11 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-12 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) at 435 m (1427 ft) in roadcut on west side of Kansas Highway 177; 1 digital photo; near NW corner sec. 33, T. 11 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-13 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) at 425 m (1394 ft) and Kinney Limestone Member of Matfield Shale at 418 m (1371 ft) in roadcut on west side of Kansas Highway 177 with about 20 feet (hand leveled) of Blue Springs Shale Member between, see graphic section; 2 digital photos (GE13-1, GE13-2); south of center of west line, sec. 5, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-14 = Top of Wreford Limestone (Schroyer Member) at approximately 405 m (1329 ft) in roadcuts on both sides of Kansas Highway 177; 1 digital photo; north of center of west line, sec. 9, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-15 = Top of Kinney Limestone Member of Matfield Shale at approximately 410 m (1345 ft) in roadcuts on both sides of Kansas Highway 177; 1 digital photo; approximately 0.1 mile south of GE-14 along west line, sec. 9, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-16 = Exposure of Wymore Shale Member into the Florence Limestone Member along both sides of Kansas Highway 177; base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) at 420 m; top of Kinney Limestone Member of Matfield Shale at 414 m (1358 ft); 1 digital photo; near center of east line, NW sec. 9, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-17 = Near base of Wreford Limestone (Threemile Member) at 390 m (1280 ft) in bank of farm pond west of Kansas Highway 177; 1 digital photo; approximately 0.2 mile west of center of east line, sec. 8, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-18 = Near base of Wreford Limestone (Threemile Member) at 390 m (1280 ft) in road ditch on west side of Kansas Highway 177; 1 digital photo; approximately 0.1 mile north of GE-14 along west line, sec. 9, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

NOTE: Sites GE-13 to GE-18 compose Loc. 114 of Mazzullo et al., 1997.

GE-19 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) at approximately 430 m (1411 ft) in pond bank in pasture north of old Highway 18; 1 digital photo; near SE corner sec. 9, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-20 = Base of Wreford Limestone (Threemile Member) at 390 m (1280 ft) along south side of old Highway 18; 1 digital photo; near SW corner sec. 9, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-21 = Top of Wreford Limestone (Schroyer Member) at 407 m (1335 ft) in old Highway 13; 1 digital photo; SW SW SE sec. 17, T. 12 S, R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-22 = Top of Wreford Limestone (Schroyer Member) at 403 m (1322 ft) in old Highway 13; 1 digital photo; approximately 0.15 mile south of center of north line, sec. 17, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-23 = Top of Wreford Limestone (Schroyer Member) at 405 m (1329 ft) in road and bank of road ditch on east side of Rooks Ranch Road; 1 digital photo; SE sec. 6, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-24 = Top of Wreford Limestone (Schroyer Member) at 405 m (1329 ft) in road ditch on east side of Rooks Ranch Road; 1 digital photo; NE sec. 6, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-25 = Base of Wreford Limestone (Threemile Member) at 390 m (1280 ft) along south-facing bank of stream cut behind storage building along Rooks Ranch Road; 1 digital photo; approximately 0.15 mile north of GE-24 in NE sec. 6, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-26 = Base of Wreford (Threemile) Limestone at 395 m (1296 ft) in road ditch on east side of Rooks Ranch Road; 1 digital photo; near NE corner sec. 31, T. 11 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-27 = Top of Crouse Limestone at 377 m (1236 ft) in roadcut on west side of Moritz Road with the base of the Crouse Limestone exposed below in a north-facing stream bank at 370 m (1214 ft); Crouse Limestone is 17 feet thick (hand leveled) with the Easly Creek Shale exposed below in the stream bank, see graphic section; 2 digital photos (GE27-1, GE27-2); NE NW sec. 6, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-28 = Six feet of Funston Limestone exposed in roadcut of east side of Moritz Road; contacts covered, top of Funston Limestone estimated at 385 m (1263 ft), see graphic section; 1 digital photo; approximately 0.05 mile south of GE-27 in NE NW sec. 6, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-29 = Base of Wreford Limestone (Threemile Member) at 390 m (1279 ft) in road ditch on east side of Moritz Road, see graphic section; 1 digital photo; approximately 0.1 mile south of GE-27 in NE NW sec. 6, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

NOTE: Hand leveled sequence from the base of Crouse Limestone to base of Wreford Limestone (Threemile Member); 17 feet of Crouse Limestone, 26 feet of Blue Rapids Shale, 6 feet of Funston Limestone, and 9.5 feet of Speiser Shale (see graphic section).

GE-30 = Six feet (or more) of Funston Limestone in pasture on west side of Moritz Road with a spring near the base, contacts covered, top of Funston Limestone estimated at 385 m (1263 ft); 1 digital photo; approximately 0.3 mile SW of center of sec. 31, T. 11 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-31 = Base of Crouse Limestone at approximately 364 m (1194 ft) in roadcut on north side of old Highway 18; near Voran's sec. R; 1 digital photo of basal part, 1 of upper part, and 3 of a limestone in the Easly Creek shale below (GE31-3, GE31-4), one of which is of exposure on the east side of the road north to GE-34; near center of south line, SW NE sec. 1, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-32 = Top of Bader Limestone (Middleburg Limestone Member) in east bank of a NW-SE-flowing stream at an elevation of approximately 354 m (1161 feet), see graphic section; 1 digital photo; approximately 400 feet south of center of east line, sec. 1, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-33 = Base of limestone in upper part of Easly Creek Shale at 360 m (1181 ft) with the base of the Crouse Limestone 7 to 8 feet above in road ditch on north side of old Highway 18, hand leveled distance from the top of the Bader Limestone at GE-32 to the base of limestone in upper Easly Creek Shale is 24 feet and the hand leveled distance from this point to the high point in the road in the upper Crouse Limestone is 25 feet, see graphic section; 1 digital photo; approximately 200 feet east of center of west line, sec. 6, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-34 = Base of Wreford Limestone (Threemile Member) at approximately 382 m (1253 ft) in roadcut on west side of unnamed road with the Funston Limestone exposed below and slightly south of this site, see graphic section; 1 digital photo; near center, SE SW SW sec. 36, T. 11 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-35 = Top of Bader Limestone (Middleburg Limestone Member) in creek bank on west side of Lower McDowell Road at approximately 355 m (1165 ft); 1 digital photo; near center NW NW NW sec. 12, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-36 = Base of Crouse Limestone (poorly exposed) at approximately 360 m (1181 ft) in roadcut on west side of Lower McDowell Road; 1 digital photo; near SW corner sec. 1, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-37 = Base of Wreford Limestone (Threemile Member) at approximately 385 m (1263 ft) in roadcut on north side of Simpson Ranch Road with the base of the Funston Limestone 17 feet (hand leveled) below, see graphic section; 2 digital photos, 1 of base of the Wreford and 1 of base of the Funston; near center NW NW SE sec. 13, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-38 = Top of Wreford Limestone (Schroyer Member) in Simpson Ranch Road at approximately 396 m (1299 ft); 1 digital photo; just south of center NE NE SW sec. 13, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-39 = Base of Wreford Limestone (Threemile Member) in roadcut on north side of Simpson Ranch Road at approximately 384 m (1260 ft), see graphic section; 1 digital photo; near center of west line, NW SW sec. 13, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-40 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) in roadcut on south side of Simpson Ranch Road at approximately 410 m (1345 ft); 1 digital photo; near center of south line, NE NW SW sec. 14, T. 1S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-41 = Limestone in roadcut on north side of Simpson Ranch Road at approximately 389 m (1276 ft); 1 digital photo; just south of center of NW SE sec. 14, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-55 = Top of Crouse Limestone in streambed east of Lower McDowell Road at 372 m (1220 ft); 1 digital photo; near center S SE sec. 13, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-103 = Wreford Limestone of south side of I-70, obtain elevation of base from KDOT profile, near Crouse Section J; 1 digital photo; near center W sec. 25, T. 11 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-104 = Sequence from Beattie Limestone (Cottonwood Limestone Member) to the Wreford Limestone (Threemile Member) at the interchange at I-70 and Deep Creek Road; top of Bader Limestone (Middleburg Member) at 385 m (1263 ft); near Crouse section K; 3 digital photos (1 of the Bader, 1 of the Middleburg to the Crouse, and 1 from the Crouse to the Threemile); near center of south line, SE SE NE sec. 27, T. 11 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

White City Ne Quadrangle—Geary Co.

Explanation--Control points for the Geary county geologic map are identified as described below.

  1. Numbers preceded by the letter G refer to measured sections from Geary County, Kansas, in the files of the Kansas Geological Survey. Numbering began with the first section in the book and preceded sequentially to the last section.
  2. Numbers preceded by the letter J refer to measured sections in KGS Bull. 39 (Jewett, 1941).
  3. Numbers preceded by the letters GE are new sites examined and recorded specifically for this mapping project.
  4. Additional sites are contained in: (a) KSU master's thesis by Voran (1977), (b) South-central GSA guidebook on the Crouse Limestone (West, 1972), (c) KGS Technical Series 6 (Mazzullo et al., 1997), and (d) KSU master's thesis by Griffin (1974).

Any site may be identified by any one, two, three, or all four of these designations.

Control Point

G-13 = Wreford Limestone along Humboldt Creek; sec. 12, T. 13 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas; probably measured and described by Jewett, undated.

GE-4 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Limestone Member) at 433 m (1420 ft) in south bank of drainage along a roadcut of the west side of Kansas Highway 177; 1 digital photo; approximately 0.05 mile north of center of west line, sec. 22, 13 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-5 = Top of Barneston Limestone (Fort Riley Limestone Member) at 446 m (1465 ft) in roadcut on east side of Kansas Highway 177; looks like the "rim rock" but could be top of Florence Member; 1 digital photo; near NW corner sec. 22, T. 13 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-6 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) at 439 m (1440 ft) in roadcut of west side of Kansas Highway 177; 1 digital photo; approximately 0.2 mile south of NE corner sec. 16, T. 13 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-7 = Barneston Limestone (Fort Riley Member); "rim rock" in roadcut on east side of Kansas Highway 177 at 442 m (1450 ft); 2 digital photos (GE7-1 and GE7-2; approximately 0.2 mile north of center of west line, sec. 27, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-42 = East-facing stream cut on MacArthur Creek west of Florence Road with base of Wreford Limestone (Threemile Limestone Member) at approximately 384 m (1260 ft) and Funston Limestone at 378 m (1240 ft) with Speiser Shale exposed between limestones; stream level is at 378 m (1240 ft), see graphic section; 1 digital photo; approximately 1000 feet west of center of sec. 19, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-43 = Good exposure of Kinney Limestone Member, Matfield Shale in roadcut just south of old quarry on east side of Florence Road; top of Kinney limestone at approximately 408 m (1340 ft); 2 digital photos, 1 of roadcut and 1 of north face of old quarry; approximately 1500 feet west of center of east line of sec. 30, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-44 = Top of Wreford Limestone (Schroyer Limestone Member) at 399 m (1310 ft) in road ditch on east side of Florence Road with cherty beds of Schroyer Member in north bank of stream; good oolitic limestone and oomoldic porosity in the upper Schroyer; 1 digital photo; approximately 1700 feet NW of SE corner, sec. 19, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GR-45 = "Rim rock" of Fort Riley Limestone Member, Barneston Limestone at approximately 432 m (1418 ft) on both sides of Lower McDowell Road; 1 digital photo; approximately 700 feet east of center of south line, sec. 30, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-46 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) in road ditch on south side of Lower McDowell Road at approximately 423 m (1387 ft); 2 digital photos (GE46-1 and GE46-2; approximately 2500 feet west of SE corner sec. 30, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-47 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) in hillside north of Lower McDowell Road at 430 m (1410 ft); 1 digital photo; near center of south line, SE sec. 29, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-48 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) in road ditch (drainage) on east side of old Kansas Highway 13 at 430 m (1410 ft); 1 digital photo; near center of east line, sec. 32, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-49 = "Rim Rock" of Fort Riley Limestone Member, Barneston Limestone in road ditch on east side of old Kansas Highway 13 at approximately 446 m (1462 ft); 1 digital photo; near center of east line, NE SE sec. 5, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-50 = Fort Riley Limestone Member and Oketo Shale Member, Barneston Limestone in south bank of stream on west side of Humboldt Creek Road, bed of stream is the Oketo; 1 digital photo; approximately 1000 feet north of SE corner sec. 30, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-51 = "Rim rock" of Fort Riley Limestone Member, Barneston Limestone at 439 m (1442 ft) in roadcut on west side of Cutoff Road with clayey, calcareous beds below; 1 digital photo; approximately 2300 feet east of SW corner sec. 30, T. 13 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-52 = "Rim rock" of Fort Riley Limestone Member, Barneston Limestone at approximately 442 m (1450 ft) on both side of Cutoff Road; 1 digital photo; approximately 2400 feet west of SE corner sec. 30, T. 13 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-53 = "Rim rock" of Fort Riley Limestone Member, Barneston Limestone at approximately 433 m (1420 ft) on both sides of Garanson Road in pasture; 1 digital photo; approximately 900 feet west of NW corner sec. 30, T. 13 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-54 = Base of Wreford Limestone (Threemile Member) at 384 m (1260 ft) in roadcut on west side of Lower McDowell Road with Speiser Shale below; across the road in the west bank of Thierer Branch the Funston Limestone, Blue Rapids Shale and the Crouse Limestone(?) are exposed just below water level (see graphic section); 5 digital photos, 1 of the Threemile "rim rock", 1 of Speiser Shale, and 3 of interval in stream bank (GE54-3, GE54-4, GE54-5); near center of NE SE sec. 24, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-56 = Exposure of thick skeletal carbonate in Havensville Shale Member, Wreford Limestone in hog lot of Florence farm east of Lower McDowell Road with about 1.5 feet of shale below and cherty beds of Threemile Member exposed below the shale; 4 digital photos (GE56-1, GE56-2, GE56-3, GE56-4); approximately 900 feet NE of SE corner sec. 24, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-57 = Top of Wreford (Schroyer) Limestone at 395 m (1297 ft) in road ditch on east side of Lower McDowell Road; 1 digital photo; approximately 1900 feet SE of NW corner sec. 30, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-58 = Kinney Limestone Member, Matfield Shale at 412 m (1350 ft) in roadcut on east side of Lower McDowell Road; 1 digital photo; approximately 2300 feet east of SW corner sec. 30, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-59 = "Rim rock" of Fort Riley Limestone Member, Barneston Limestone at 435 m (1428 ft) on both sides of Pepperhill Road in pasture, best exposures are on the west side of road; 1 digital photo; just north of center of SW corner sec. 31, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-60 = Rim rock of Fort Riley Limestone Member, Barneston Limestone at 428 m (1405 ft) in pasture north of Rosey Loop Road; 1 digital photo; approximately 3500 feet east of SW corner sec. 31, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-61 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) at 414 m (1360 ft) in roadcut on south side of Rosey Loop Road; 1 digital photo; approximately 2400 feet east of SW corner, sec. 31, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-62 = Fort Riley Limestone Member, Barneston Limestone at 445 m (1460 ft) in road ditch on east side of road; 1 digital photo; SW corner sec. 8, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-63 = "Rim rock" of Fort Riley Limestone Member, Barneston Limestone at approximately 433 m (1420 ft) in Edwards Road and pasture; 1 digital photo; approximately 2700 feet SE of NW corner sec. 18, T. 13 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-64 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) at 419 m (1370 ft) in roadcut on south side of Edwards Road; 1 digital photo; approximately 2400 feet east of NW corner sec. 18, T. 13 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-65 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) at 423 m (1388 ft) in roadcut on north side of Humboldt Creek Road; top of a thick, 0.5 m (1.6 ft) limestone bed in creek 38 feet below base of Barneston at an elevation of 412 m (1350 ft); elevation of creekbed is approximately 405 m (1330 ft), see graphic section; 3 digital photos (GE65-1, GE65-2, GE65-3); approximately 4300 feet east of NW corner sec. 18, T. 13 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-66 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) at 428 m (1405 ft) in roadcut on east side of Humboldt Creek Road; 1 digital photo; approximately 2800 feett SW of NE corner sec. 19, T. 13 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-67 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) at 422 m (1358 ft) in an exposure in the spillway of a pond on the east side of McNeal Road; 1 digital photo; near center of NE sec. 13, T. 13 S. R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-68 = Kinney Limestone Member, Matfield Shale at 405 m (1330 ft) in west-facing bank of stream on east side of McNeal Road; 1 digital photo; near center of west line, NW SE sec. 13, T. 12 S., R. 7 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

GE-70 = Base of Barneston Limestone (Florence Member) at 421 m (1380 ft) in west-facing bank of stream rast of old Kansas Highway 13, with Blue Springs Shale Member of Matfield Shale exposed below; 1 digital photo; just north of center of SW NW sec. 28, T. 12 S., R. 8 E., Geary Co., Kansas.

References

Griffin, J. R. , Jr., 1974, Paleoecologic study of the Oketo Shale (Lower Permian) in north central Kansas: Unpublished Master's Thesis, Kansas State University, 179 p.

Jewett, J. M., 1941, The geology of Riley and Geary counties, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Bulletin 39, 164 p.

Mazzullo, S. J., Teal, C. S., and Burtnett, C. A., 1997, Outcrop stratigraphy and depositional facies of the Chase Group (Permian, Wolfcampian) in Kansas and northeastern Nebraska: Kansas Geological Survey, Technical Series 6, 210 p.

Voran, R. L., 1977, Fossil assemblages, stratigraphy, and depositional environments of the Crouse Limestone (Lower Permian) in north Central Kansas: Unpublished Master's Thesis, Kansas State University, 208 p.

West, R. R., ed.,1972, Stratigraphy and depositional environments of the Crouse Limestone (Permian) in north-central Kansas: Field Trip Guidebook for 6th Annual Meeting, South-central Section, Geological Society of America, 109 p.

Zeller, D. N., 1968, The stratigraphic succession of Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Bulletin 189, 81 p.

Other Sources

Kansas Department of Transportation, Geologic Files, Lawrence, KS.


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