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Measured Section Bed Descriptions

Depth (ft)

Start End Bed (ft) Lithofacies

0.0 1.575 1.575 "(29) Sandstone, residual, yellow and brown, fairly coarse; may be in place "

1.575 5.775 4.2 "(28) Clay, gray, fairly plastic, some yellow limonitic stain "

5.775 11.025 5.25 "(27) Shale, gray to fairly light gray, with thin limy stain on joints; yellow stained and bed of concretionary hematite "

11.025 12.275 1.25 "(26) Sandstone, upper half yellow, limonitic; lower half black; concretionary ironstone hematite? top and bottom "

12.275 15.025 2.75 "(25) Clay shale, upper 0.5' yellow-gray clay; lower 2.0-2.5' has 0.1' dark shale at top, capped by 0.15' band of concretionary clay ironstone; some streaks of limonite; sand in rest of lower part "

15.025 17.525 2.5 "(24) Sandstone, clayey, very irregular, mixed, sandy, clay, and sand, yellow and gray, contains gypsum and ironstone, or hematite concretions irregularly spaced "

17.525 18.025 0.5 "(23) Sand, mixed with selenite and lignite in equal amounts; black "

18.025 19.724 1.7 "(22) Clay, gray to grayish; more silty toward top, yellow gray and clayey at bottom; gypsum "

19.724 20.974 1.25 "(21) Siltstone, gray to yellow, clayey; hematite near center; contains gypsum "

20.974 22.575 1.601 "(20) Shale or clay dark gray, with some limonite, yellow and brown on bedding planes "

22.575 24.075 1.5 "(19) Clay, light gray, plastic, but not as unctuous as above, sulfur, yellowy stains in horizontal beds "

24.075 27.575 3.5 "(18) Clay, dark gray, very plastic, conchoidal fracture, gypsum, limy and sulfur, yellow stain, a 0.17-0.33 band of ash colored lignite silt from top to 1.5 below "

27.575 30.825 3.25 "(17) Sandstone, clayey, mostly gray, bottom 1.5 massive gray and yellow sandstone "

30.825 34.325 3.5 "(16) Clay, gray, sandy, with horizontal thin beds of limonitic sandstone max thickness 0.15' "

34.325 34.825 0.5 "(15) Clay, limonitic "

34.825 36.575 1.75 "(14) Concretionary hematite, nearly pure "

36.575 36.825 0.25 "(13) Cone-in-cone, white at depth, irregular in depth "

36.825 40.625 3.8 "(12) Clay, gray, plastic, with some sand and lignite "

40.625 47.425 6.8 "(11) Sandstone, sulfur yellow, some gray and limonitic yellow, micaceous, coarse to fine, poorly sorted; some thin clay streaks; lignite and leaf fossils "

47.425 50.425 3.0 "(10) Sand and silt, horizontally bedded, clayey and silty in cream, brown and gray; sandy clay in upper 1/2 with silty sandstone; pyrite nodules throughout "

50.425 51.525 1.1 "(9) Sandstone, white; and clay, gray; thinly interbedded "

51.525 52.275 0.75 "(8) Silty, gray, sandy; pyrite "

52.275 56.475 4.2 "(7) Clay or shale, gray to dark gray; not definitely shale, but is plastic clay and fine white sand interbedded in paper-thin beds; 0.17' yellow streak at top; contains pyrite nodules throughout "

56.475 63.875 7.4 "(6) Shale, dark gray, plastic; some in upper 0.5 breaks with conchoidal fracture; occasional flint concretions; some pyrite; brachiopod molds, casts, and pyritized fossils; also possibly a fish tail and skin or scales; 0.17 bed of concretionary flint or ironstone at bottom "

63.875 64.875 1.0 "(5) Shale, gray, plastic "

64.875 67.125 2.25 "(4) Sandstone, greenish, yellow and brown; very irregular; contains gypsum, pyrite, glauconite ?, small crystals in upper part; a band of dark gray shale in center "

67.125 71.125 4.0 "(3) Shale, very plastic, very dark gray black; flint ? iron covered concretion in bands; some have pyrite in center gypsum; some brachiopods "

71.125 78.625 7.5 "(2) Sandstone, fine-grained, massive, light yellow; some sulfur yellow when unweathered; lower 1.5 more gray and clayey; some green specks glauconite in lower part; contains Lingula , pyrite, gypsum; pyrite in concretions, thin veinlets of gypsum; some lignite spots "

78.625 88.725 10.1 "(1) Shale, dark gray, plastic with fine white sand partings, contains some carbonate plant remains which look like grass, very small; no tree leaf fossils identified "

Measured Section Bed Descriptions
Depth (ft)
Start	End	Bed (ft)	Lithofacies
0.0	1.575	1.575	"(29) Sandstone, residual, yellow and brown, fairly coarse; may be in place "
1.575	5.775	4.2	"(28) Clay, gray, fairly plastic, some yellow limonitic stain "
5.775	11.025	5.25	"(27) Shale, gray to fairly light gray, with thin limy stain on joints; yellow stained and bed of concretionary hematite "
11.025	12.275	1.25	"(26) Sandstone, upper half yellow, limonitic; lower half black; concretionary ironstone hematite? top and bottom "
12.275	15.025	2.75	"(25) Clay shale, upper 0.5' yellow-gray clay; lower 2.0-2.5' has 0.1' dark shale at top, capped by 0.15' band of concretionary clay ironstone; some streaks of limonite; sand in rest of lower part "
15.025	17.525	2.5	"(24) Sandstone, clayey, very irregular, mixed, sandy, clay, and sand, yellow and gray, contains gypsum and ironstone, or hematite concretions irregularly spaced "
17.525	18.025	0.5	"(23) Sand, mixed with selenite and lignite in equal amounts; black "
18.025	19.724	1.7	"(22) Clay, gray to grayish; more silty toward top, yellow gray and clayey at bottom; gypsum "
19.724	20.974	1.25	"(21) Siltstone, gray to yellow, clayey; hematite near center; contains gypsum "
20.974	22.575	1.601	"(20) Shale or clay dark gray, with some limonite, yellow and brown on bedding planes "
22.575	24.075	1.5	"(19) Clay, light gray, plastic, but not as unctuous as above, sulfur, yellowy stains in horizontal beds "
24.075	27.575	3.5	"(18) Clay, dark gray, very plastic, conchoidal fracture, gypsum, limy and sulfur, yellow stain, a 0.17-0.33 band of ash colored lignite silt from top to 1.5 below "
27.575	30.825	3.25	"(17) Sandstone, clayey, mostly gray, bottom 1.5 massive gray and yellow sandstone "
30.825	34.325	3.5	"(16) Clay, gray, sandy, with horizontal thin beds of limonitic sandstone max thickness 0.15' "
34.325	34.825	0.5	"(15) Clay, limonitic "
34.825	36.575	1.75	"(14) Concretionary hematite, nearly pure "
36.575	36.825	0.25	"(13) Cone-in-cone, white at depth, irregular in depth "
36.825	40.625	3.8	"(12) Clay, gray, plastic, with some sand and lignite "
40.625	47.425	6.8	"(11) Sandstone, sulfur yellow, some gray and limonitic yellow, micaceous, coarse to fine, poorly sorted; some thin clay streaks; lignite and leaf fossils "
47.425	50.425	3.0	"(10) Sand and silt, horizontally bedded, clayey and silty in cream, brown and gray; sandy clay in upper 1/2 with silty sandstone; pyrite nodules throughout "
50.425	51.525	1.1	"(9) Sandstone, white; and clay, gray; thinly interbedded "
51.525	52.275	0.75	"(8) Silty, gray, sandy; pyrite "
52.275	56.475	4.2	"(7) Clay or shale, gray to dark gray; not definitely shale, but is plastic clay and fine white sand interbedded in paper-thin beds; 0.17' yellow streak at top; contains pyrite nodules throughout "
56.475	63.875	7.4	"(6) Shale, dark gray, plastic; some in upper 0.5 breaks with conchoidal fracture; occasional flint concretions; some pyrite; brachiopod molds, casts, and pyritized fossils; also possibly a fish tail and skin or scales; 0.17 bed of concretionary flint or ironstone at bottom "
63.875	64.875	1.0	"(5) Shale, gray, plastic "
64.875	67.125	2.25	"(4) Sandstone, greenish, yellow and brown; very irregular; contains gypsum, pyrite, glauconite ?, small crystals in upper part; a band of dark gray shale in center "
67.125	71.125	4.0	"(3) Shale, very plastic, very dark gray black; flint ? iron covered concretion in bands; some have pyrite in center gypsum; some brachiopods "
71.125	78.625	7.5	"(2) Sandstone, fine-grained, massive, light yellow; some sulfur yellow when unweathered; lower 1.5 more gray and clayey; some green specks glauconite in lower part; contains Lingula , pyrite, gypsum; pyrite in concretions, thin veinlets of gypsum; some lignite spots "
78.625	88.725	10.1	"(1) Shale, dark gray, plastic with fine white sand partings, contains some carbonate plant remains which look like grass, very small; no tree leaf fossils identified "

Author: John R. Victorine jvictor@kgs.ku.edu