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Cowley County Geology (1929)

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Contents

Introduction

Field work

Acknowledgments

Geography

General surface features of Kansas

Surface features of Cowley County

Origin of asymmetrical stream valleys

Application of Ferrel's law

Migration of streams down the dip

Southward tilting

Climatic factors

Summary

Stratigraphy

Buried rocks

Pre-Cambrian rocks

Cambrian and Ordovician rocks

Mississippian rocks

Chattanooga shale

Mississippian limestone

Pennsylvanian rocks

Cherokee shale

Marmaton and Kansas City groups

Lansing group

Douglas group

Shawnee group

Exposed rocks

Pennsylvanian system

Wabaunsee group

Burlingame (?) limestone

Humphrey (?) shale

Emporia (?) limestone

Admire shale

Foraker limestone

Americus (?) limestone member

Elmdale shale

Red Eagle limestone member

Neva limestone

Eskridge shale

Permian system

Council Grove group

Cottonwood limestone

Garrison shale

Crouse limestone member

Chase group

Wreford limestone

Matfield shale

Florence flint

Fort Riley limestone

Doyle shale

Winfield limestone

Sumner group

Luta limestone

Enterprise shale

Herington limestone

Wellington formation

Tertiary (?) system

Pliocene (?) series

Gravel

Quaternary system

Gravel

Loess

Distribution

Origin

Age

Alluvium

Dune sand

Oil- or gas-producing rocks

Structure

Regional structure

Local structure of surface beds in Cowley County

Attitude of the Mississippian surface

Thinning of Mississippian beds over structural features

Mississippian surface at time of burial

Structural details of the Slick-Carson dome

Origin of the structural features

Relation of the attitude of the beds to the occurrence of oil and gas

Oil and Gas

Oil and gas fields

Winfield district

Location

History

Stratigraphy

Structure

Peacock pool

Winfield pool

Rockwell pool

Biddle pool and northeast extension

Elrod pool

Shallow gas fields

State School pool

Rainbow Bend field

Location

History of development and production

Surface rocks

Buried rocks

Structure

Occurrence of oil and gas

Graham field

Location

History of development and production

Stratigraphy

Oil-producing rocks

Structure

Slick-Carson field

Location

History and production

Surface rocks

Buried rocks

Possible oil-producing rocks

Structure

Smith-Shafer pool

Location

History and production

Surface and buried rocks

Structure

Future drilling

Rock field

Location

History of development and production

Properties of the oil

Surface and buried rocks

Eastman field

Location

History and production

Quality of the oil

Surface and buried rocks

Structure

Dexter-Otto district

Location

History and production

Helium content of gas

Surface rocks

Buried rocks

Rocks productive of oil and gas

Structure

Oil and gas possibilities

Falls City field

Location

History, production, and character of oil and gas

Surface rocks

Buried rocks

Productive beds

Structure

Other fields in the county

Clarke pool

Udall pool

Redbud dome

Sec. 30, T. 30 S., R. 4 E.

Sec. 28, T, 31 S., R. 4 E.

Wilmot gas field

Floral gas field

Sec. 6, T. 30 S., R. 6 E.

Mahannah pool

Roth-Faurot pool

Grand Summit pool

Sec. 18, T. 32 S., R. 6 E.

Empire-McCormick pool

Olsen pool

Arkansas City district

T. 34 S., R. 3 E.

Sec. 33, T. 33 S., R. 3 E.

Industries related to exploitation of oil and gas

Refineries

Gasoline-extraction plants

Compression plants

Helium plant

Economic products other than oil and gas

Gravel mining

Sand mining

Stone quarrying

Water supply

References

Plates


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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
Placed on web Jan. 5, 2016; originally published May 15, 1929.
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