|
Unit No. |
Description |
Thickness ft. |
|
Holmesville shale foramtion |
|
25 |
Shale, greenish, with vertical bands of maroon |
2 |
24 |
Shale, greenish to yellow-brown |
2 |
23 |
Mudstone to box-work, very calcareous, rusty, brownish-yellow |
4 |
22 |
Shale, calcareous, light-gray |
2 |
21 |
Mudstone, light-gray, soft |
1 |
20 |
Shale, calcareous, light-gray |
2 |
19 |
Mudstone, light-gray, soft |
1 |
18 |
Shale, calcareous, light-gray |
2.5 |
17 |
Mudstone, soft, splittery, light-gray |
1.5 |
16 |
Shale, calcareous, light-gray |
0.5 |
15 |
Mudstone, soft, light-gray |
0.7 |
14 |
Shale, calcareous, light-gray |
0.8 |
13 |
Mudstone, light-gray |
0.7 |
12 |
Shale, light-gray |
0.1 |
11 |
Mudstone, light-gray |
0.5 |
10 |
Shale, light-gray |
0.1 |
9 |
Mudstone, with a flint band, very fossiliferous with
pelecypods and Bellerophon |
0.8 |
8 |
Shale, light-gray |
0.5 |
7 |
Mudstone, soft |
0.6 |
6 |
Shale, calcareous |
0.8 |
5 |
Mudstone, soft |
1.2 |
4 |
Shale, calcareous |
1.5 |
3 |
Mudstone, soft |
1.5 |
|
Fort Riley limestone member |
|
2 |
Mudstone, massive, with large caverns |
5 |
1 |
Shale, gray, with small Derbya, bryoza, Dictyocolustus americanus
and other fossils |
3 |
|