KGS--Bulletin 123--Cherokee Rocks, Southeastern Kansas--Appendix

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1. Section along road in SW NW sec. 36, T. 26 N., R. 18 E., Craig County, Oklahoma. Described July 19, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Mulky formation
		11.	Covered interval to base of Breezy Hill limestone	4.0
	Lagonda formation
		10.	Coal (Iron Post), estimated	0.5
		9.	Covered interval	6.0
	Bevier formation
		8.	Coal (Bevier), estimated	0.8
	Verdigris formation
		7.	Covered interval	8.0
		6.	Sandstone	1.0-3.0
		5.	Shale	11.0
		4.	Limestone (Verdigris), medium gray, weathering to brown slabs; dense and brittle; contains irregular masses of gray and white chert in upper part; fossils most abundant in coquinoid layers near base	3.3-3.8
		3.	Shale, gray, clayey	0.1-0.3
		2.	Shale, black, fissile; large, 1- to 2-inch lenticular and rounded phosphatic concretions	1.5-1.7
		1.	Shale, dark gray, weathers light gray	28.0

2. Exposure in road cuts and along creek in SE cor. sec. 23, T. 27 N., R. 19 E., Craig County, Oklahoma. Described July 11, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Scammon formation
		6.	Sandstone (Chelsea), thin bedded and slabby in basal part, massive above; exposed	10.0
		5.	Shale, dark gray to black; light gray in upper 2 to 3 feet	10.0
		4.	Limestone (Tiawah), dark gray to black, weathering to hematitic red; contains massive pyrite; occurs as 2 or more thin beds; fossiliferous	0.5-0.6
		3.	Shale, black, hard, fissile	2.0
	Tebo formation
		2.	Coal (Tebo)	0.5
		1.	Clay, light to dark gray; exposed	2.0

3. Section in operating strip pit of Patch Coal Company, in SW sec. 27, T. 28 N., R. 20 E., Craig County, Oklahoma. Described July 13, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Tebo formation
		3.	Shale, dark gray to black, weathers drab; exposed	15.0
	Weir formation
		2.	Coal (Weir-Pittsburg)	1.0-1.5
		1.	Clay, reported thickness	6.0

4. Exposure in operating strip pit in NW NW sec. 21, T. 28 N., R. 20 E., Craig County, Oklahoma. Described July 11, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Fleming formation
		5.	Sandstone; exposed	3.0
		4.	Shale, black in basal 4 to 5 feet, lighter above; clay-ironstone layer about 6 to 7 feet above base	15.0
		3.	Limestone, dark gray to black, tough; thickness variable, averaging	2.5
	Mineral formation
		2.	Coal (Mineral)	1.3-1.4
		1.	Clay; exposed	2.0

5. Exposure in road cuts and adjacent drainage along south side of sec. 17 and 18, T. 28 N., R. 20 E., Craig County, Oklahoma. Described July 11, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Lagonda formation
		18.	Sandstone, fine to medium grained	6.0
		17.	Shale, sandy, gray	5.0-6.0
		16.	Shale, black, contains thin coal streaks	1.0
	Bevier formation
		15.	Coal (Bevier)	0.2
		14.	Clay and shale, silty, contains root impressions in upper part	4.0
	Verdigris formation
		13.	Sandstone, massive to thin bedded	5.0-6.0
		12.	Shale, containing some limonitic layers; sandy in upper part	16.5
		11.	Limestone (part of Verdigris), argillaceous to shaly	0.3
		10.	Limestone (Verdigris), dense, tough, dark gray, weathering buff; fossils include Phricodothyris and crinoid material	1.5-2.0
		9.	Shale, black, fissile in lower 4 feet, gray, calcareous above; abundant phosphatic concretions in black shale	5.0
		8.	Covered interval; seemingly all gray shale containing some clay-ironstone in nodules and in layers; approximately	15.0
	Croweburg formation
		7.	Coal (Croweburg), stripped here; underclay uneven and thin	1.2
		6.	Limestone (McNabb?), impure, and loosely nodular in clay matrix; weathers to rubble; Linoproductus very common	1.0-3.0
		5.	Shale, dark at base, containing irregularly rounded clay-ironstone concretions in basal 2 feet; dense, nodular limestone in upper part	8.0
		4.	Shale, black, weathering brown; thinly laminated; contains large rounded smooth fine-grained black limestone concretions; these occur in zones and average about 6 inches in thickness	5.0
		3.	Shale, gray, soft	1.3
	Fleming formation
		2.	Coal (Fleming), good, mined here	1.7
		1.	Clay, light gray, plastic

6. Section in creek banks and in abandoned strip pits. This is type section of Iron Post coal and Kinnison shale. Located in W2 SW sec. 36, T. 29 N., R. 19 E., Craig County, Oklahoma. Described July 11, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Marmaton group
	Fort Scott formation
		8.	Limestone (base of Blackjack Creek limestone member)
Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Excello formation
		7.	Covered interval to base of Fort Scott formation; includes principally black fissile shale	3.0-4.0
	Mulky formation
		6.	Limestone (Breezy Hill), brown to medium gray, weathering buff; prominent vertical fracture; most abundant fossils are productids, mainly Echinoconchus and Dictyoclostus, Composita, and abundant fusulines	3.0
		5.	Shale (Kinnison), dark at base, lighter above; upper 2 feet calcareous, fossiliferous, and containing nonpersistent rough coquinoidal limestone layers; chonetids and crinoid fragments most common fossil material	6.0
		4.	Limestone (lower part of Kinnison), dark to medium gray; fossiliferous, containing abundant Derbyia, and some Marginifera muricatina; conglomeratic, containing fragments of carbonized wood	0.6-0.8
	Lagonda formation
		3.	Coal (Iron Post), hard, bright; dull red along joints (iron staining)	0.8
		2.	Clay, light to dark gray; abundant carbonized plant material	3.0
		1.	Sandstone, somewhat calcareous, thin-bedded; exposed	4.0

7. Section in strip pit in SW NE sec. 5, T. 35 S., R. 21 E., Labette County, Kansas. Described June 21, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Fleming formation
		5.	Shale, weathered; overlain by clay that probably is Pleistocene in age	1.0
		4.	Zone of discrete round and lenticular septarian clay-ironstone concretions; weathers to limonite and hematite; septarian fillings are selenite; average thickness of concretions	0.5-0.7
		3.	Shale, black, thinly laminated; lenses of limestone in basal part; shale weathers dun to light gray; limestone is dark gray to black, contains nautiloids, gastropods, Marginifera, and Phricodothyris, and large masses of pyrite	7.0
	Mineral formation
		2.	Coal (Mineral), bright, hard, blocky; much calcite in cleats	0.9-1.0
		1.	Clay, reported thickness	6.0

8. Section exposed in creek bank in SE cor. sec. 24, T. 34 S., R. 20 E., Labette County, Kansas. Described June 23, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Lagonda formation
		3.	Sandstone, cross-bedded, massive to thin bedded, much of it calcareous, containing Marginifera, Linoproductus, Neospirifer, and Juresania	10.0
	Bevier formation
		2.	Coal (Bevier), poor, very bony	0.3
		1.	Sandstone, massive to thin bedded; grades laterally to sandy shale; upper part dark gray, clayey, containing carbonized plant matter	8.0

9. Exposure in abandoned strip pit in SW SE sec. 28, T. 34 S., R. 21 E., Labette County, Kansas. Described June 21, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Croweburg formation
		5.	Clay-ironstone; weathers to shelly limonite; fossils include Crurithyris and Marginifera	0.3-0.4
		4.	Shale, dark gray to black, weathering light gray	2.0
		3.	Limestone, medium gray, weathers to brown and hematitic red; upper 3 inches is Marginifera coquina; only other abundant fossils are crinoidal material; broken into large blocks by jointing; variable thickness	0.3-2.0
	Fleming formation?
		2.	Clay and shale	1.0
		1.	Shale, black, platy; contains isolated large, rounded, septarian clay-ironstone concretions	2.0-4.0
Note: Coal mined here below water. Thought to be Mineral coal. Sandstone identified as that above the Fleming coal occurs as slump or float blocks in this vicinity. Fleming coal horizon must lie below bed 3.

10. Section exposed in road cut along U.S. Highway 59, north of Chetopa, in SE SE sec. 28, T. 34 S., R. 21 E., Labette County, Kansas. Described June 21, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Croweburg formation
		4.	Sandstone, cross-bedded, massive, friable; base uneven, contact on erosion surface; exposed	4.0
		3.	Shale, calcareous, abundant Marginifera in basal 1 foot; black, hard, above; leached to "soapstone" in upper 1 to 2 feet	8.0
	Fleming formation
		2.	Coal (Fleming); thickness varies	0.6-0.8
		1.	Clay, dark gray, silty; contains plant fragments	3.0-4.0

11. Section in gully in NW NW sec. 19, T. 34 S., R. 21 E., Labette County, Kansas. Described June 23,'1949.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Verdigris formation
		7.	Limestone (Verdigris), shaly, gray, contains Mesolobus and Marginifera; forms resistant ledge	0.2-0.3
		6.	Shale, calcareous, gray	1.0
		5.	Limestone (Verdigris), black, weathers tan to buff; very dense and brittle; distinctly jointed, the resultant quadrangular pieces weather round; fossils include large Mesolobus, Marginifera muricatina, and crinoid material	0.7-0.8
		4.	Clay, light to dark gray (represents weathered shale)	0.5
		3.	Zone of rough shaly limestone concretions; fossils include Marginifera muricatina	2.0
		2.	Shale, black, hard, fissile; contains abundant, rounded phosphatic concretions	2.0
		1.	Shale and clay; exposed	1.0

12. Section in abandoned strip pit, in NW NE sec. 33, T. 33 S., R. 21 E., Labette County, Kansas. Described July 8, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
		6.	Clay and chert	3.0
Pennsylvanian System
Desmoinesian Series--Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Lagonda formation
		5.	Shale, gray to dark gray at base, gray above; thinly laminated at base; thin clay-ironstone layers at base	12.0-15.0
		4.	Limestone, dark gray to black, weathers brick red or brown, argillaceous; contains abundant Crurithyris and simple corals	0.4
		3.	Shale, dark gray	3.0
		2.	Limestone, lenticular; grades laterally from dark, tough, dense limestone to lighter gray shaly rock; locally conglomeratic, containing silicified wood, limestone and phosphatic nodules, and simple corals; other fossils include fusulinids, Marginifera Mesolobus, and crinoids	0.0-3.0
	Bevier formation
		1.	Coal (Bevier)	1.2

13. Section in abandoned strip pit and adjacent road cut in SW SE sec. 27, T. 33 S., R. 21 E., Labette County, Kansas. Described June 22, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Verdigris formation
		5.	Shale, gray	8.0
		4.	Shale, calcareous, and thin, slabby, fossiliferous limestone; fossils include Mesolobus, Marginifera, Juresania, and Derbyia	3.0
		3.	Limestone (Verdigris), black, brittle, dense; weathers buff; fossils include Mesolobus, Echinoconchus, Juresania, and Marginifera	1.0-1.3
		2.	Covered interval; upper 2 feet black fissile shale containing phosphatic concretions	8.0
		1.	Clay; contains scattered clay-ironstone concretions	2.0
Note: Coal (Croweburg) occurring below bed 1 has been stripped in this locality.

14. Section exposed in road cut along highway just east of Oswego, in SE SW sec. 15, T. 33 S., R. 21 E., Labette County, Kansas. Described June 23, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Marmaton group
	Fort Scott formation
		5.	Limestone, base of Fort Scott formation
Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Excello formation
		4.	Shale, black, hard, fissile; contains phosphatic concretions; fossils include Orbiculoidea missouriensis	2.2
	Mulky formation
		3.	Limestone (Breezy Hill), light and dark gray mottled, weathering tan and buff; sandy, rough, hard, massive; lenticular, though persistent; fossils include shell fragments, Linoproductus, and fusulines	0.5-2.5
	Lagonda formation
		2.	Sandstone, thin bedded to massive; beds thicken and thin laterally; more massive beds are finely cross-bedded	6.0-8.0
		1.	Shale, silty, micaceous, top not well defined, but darker, softer, more thinly laminated than overlying bed; weathering along prominent joints results in dike-like appearance; exposed	30.0

15. Section in NE cor. sec. 12, T. 34 S., R. 23 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described July 12, 1950. Upper part of this section probably same as that in SE cor. sec. 1, T. 34 S., R. 23 E. (16).				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Bluejacket formation
		5.	Sandstone (Bluejacket), not measured
		4.	Shale, dark gray, weathering light gray	5.0
	Dry Wood formation
		3.	Coal (Dry Wood) mostly vitrain	0.3
		2.	Clay, plastic; contains plant material	2.0-3.0
		1.	Shale, dark gray to black; contains layers of clay-ironstone; upper part leached	5.0-6.0

16. Exposure in road cut south of Columbus, in SE cor. sec. 1, T. 34 S., R. 23 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described July 12, 1950.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Bluejacket formation
		4.	Sandstone (Bluejacket), massive, ripple-marked; tan to brown	6.0-8.0
		3.	Shale, dark gray to black, weathers light gray, contains clay-ironstone layers	8.0
	Dry Wood formation
		2.	Coal (Dry Wood), weathered	0.3
		1.	Clay, gray, containing plant material	0.5

17. Section in road cut, NW SW sec. 25, T. 34 S., R. 24 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 14, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Warner formation
		3.	Shale, dark gray to black, weathers light gray	12.0
	Riverton formation
		2.	Coal (Riverton), poor, bony	0.3
		1.	Clay, light gray; contains plant impressions; limonitic zone in upper 2 inches	4.0
Note: Base of bed 1 is approximately 15 feet above Mississippian-Pennsylvanian contact. Black shale occurs over Mississippian rocks here.

18. Section exposed in bank of Brush Creek and road cut in SE NE sec. 15, T. 34 S., R. 24 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 15, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	? formation
		5.	Clay and shale	3.0
		4.	Clay-ironstone layer	0.3-0.4
		3.	Shale, black, hard, fissile at base, softer above	8.0
	? formation
		2.	Clay, gray, laced with limonitic streaks; lower part contains rough, sandy, limestone concretions	4.0
		1.	Shale, dark gray to black	3.0
Note: Section occurs below Bluejacket sandstone.

19. Section in creek bank near road in SE SE sec. 11, T. 34 S., R. 24 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described July 12, 1950.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Warner formation
		4.	Shale, dark gray to black, weathering light gray; contains clay-ironstone layers	5.0
		3.	Coal horizon
		2.	Clay, silty, contains abundant carbonized plant material and fragments of fusain in upper part	3.0
		1.	Sandstone (upper part of Warner), fine grained; vertical and nearly vertical root impressions abundant; upper surface uneven	2.5

20. Section in south bank of Brush Creek and adjacent draw, in NE SW sec. 10, T. 34 S., R. 24 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 24, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
		21.	Clay and gravel	6.0
Pennsylvanian System
Desmoinesian Series--Cherokee group
Krebs subgroup
	Bluejacket formation
		20.	Shale, gray; leaf impressions along bedding planes	2.5
	Dry Wood formation
		19.	Coal (Dry Wood), contains large amount of bony material; base of Bluejacket sandstone is approximately 13 feet above Dry Wood coal	1.0
		18.	Clay, gray, heavily iron stained	2.5
		17.	Limonitic zone, shaly; deeply weathered	0.5-0.8
		16.	Shale, dark gray to black; thin clay-ironstone layer about 1 foot above base; clay-ironstone concretions scattered throughout	9.0
	Rowe formation
		15.	Coal (Rowe), weathered on crop, but seemingly good	1.2
		14.	Clay, gray, hard, crumbly; contains abundant plant impressions	3.0
		13.	Shale, dark gray to black, containing layers of clay-ironstone	5.0-6.0
		12.	Clay-ironstone, in single layer	0.3
		11.	Limestone, hematitic red throughout, and containing masses of hematite; fossils are fragmental and not identifiable	0.4-0.5
	Warner formation
		10.	Coal (Neutral), very bony	0.2-0.4
		9.	Clay	2.0
		8.	Shale, gray, somewhat sandy	3.0
		7.	Zone of rough, irregular to cylindrical, impure limestone concretions; limestone sandy and ferruginous	0.0-0.8
		6.	Clay, gray	2.0
		5.	Shale, dark gray to black, fissile; contains clay-ironstone concretions in upper part	12.0
		4.	Zone of clay-ironstone concretions and layers; plant stems vertical or near vertical in clay-ironstone matrix; upper part is marked by zone of small clay-ironstone concretions	2.0-3.0
		3.	Shale, gray to black; upper 1 foot leached	6.0
		2.	Clay-ironstone, in single prominent bed	0.2
		1.	Shale, gray to black, hard, platy; scattered clay-ironstone concretions	6.0

21. Section exposed in east bank of Neosho River, in SE NW sec. 25, T. 33 S., R. 21 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 21, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Fleming formation
		3.	Shale, black, fossiliferous; contains abundant rough phosphatic concretions; laterally represented by lenticular dark-gray to black limestone as much as 1 foot thick	2.0
	Mineral formation
		2.	Coal (Mineral), generally good, but uneven in thickness; dirty in upper part	0.8-1.7
		1.	Clay, dark to light gray; contains plant material	3.0
Note: Section overlain by 12 feet of river gravel.

22. Exposure in roadside ditch, SE SE sec. 34, T. 33 S., R. 24 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 14, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Bluejacket formation
		10.	Sandstone (Bluejacket), light gray to buff; weathers deep reddish brown; thin bedded to massive, cross-bedded; friable to firmly cemented; some conglomeratic beds	16.5
	?Dry Wood formation
		9.	Coal (Dry Wood?), impure, bony	0.3-0.4
		8.	Clay, light gray; gradational with bed below	4.0
		7.	Shale, dark gray to black at base, light gray above	12.0
	?Rowe formation
		6.	Clay, red to gray, sandy	2.0
		5.	Sandstone, thin bedded to massive; dark grayish brown, weathering light buff and gray; micaceous; sand grains fine to medium and subrounded	8.0
		4.	Covered interval	16.5
		3.	Shale and clay	1.0
		2.	Clay-ironstone layer; mostly weathered to limonite; forms prominent marker	0.3-0.4
		1.	Shale, dark gray to black, weathering light gray; clayey zone at top	4.0
Note: Sandstone bed 5 may be "12-foot" sandstone of northern Oklahoma. Beds 1 to 3 probably belong in Warner formation.

23. Exposure in road cut and nearby sandstone quarry, in SE SE sec. 34, T. 33 S., R. 24 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 15, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Bluejacket formation
		4.	Sandstone (Bluejacket), thin bedded to massive; generally friable, but some beds are well cemented and are quarried; weathers to deep reddish brown	15.0
	Dry Wood formation
		3.	Coal (Dry Wood), impure	0.1-0.3
		2.	Clay, gradational with beds below	4.0
		1.	Shale, dark gray, weathering light gray; wide limonitic joint fillings; clayey in upper part	12.0

24. Exposure in abandoned strip pit in NW NW sec. 29, T. 33 S., R. 24 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 15, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Bluejacket formation
		3.	Sandstone (Bluejacket), tan to buff, massive; beds 2 to 12 inches thick; exposed	4.0
	Dry Wood formation
		2.	Shale, black, thinly laminated, fissile; upper 2 to 3 feet is clayey, containing fragments of limonite	8.0
	Rowe formation
		1.	Coal (Rowe); mined here; exposed	0.5
Note: Dry Wood coal cut out by erosion preceding deposition of Bluejacket sandstone.

25. Section exposed in roadside ditch, NE SE sec. 26, T. 33 S.5 R. 24 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 14, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Bluejacket formation
		5.	Sandstone (Bluejacket), light gray, weathers reddish brown; slabby at base, massive above; friable; sand grains angular to subrounded, and nearly all are quartz; exposed	11.0
	Dry Wood formation
		4.	Coal (Dry Wood), poor, bony	0.2-0.3
		3.	Clay, light gray, containing considerable limonite; seemingly gradational with shale below	2.5
		2.	Shale, dark gray to black, weathering light to medium gray; limonitic staining along joints; silty in upper part	15.0
		1.	Clay, light gray, mottled with light brown; probably marks Rowe coal horizon	5.0

26. Section exposed in road cut at road intersection in SW cor. sec. 14, T. 33 S., R. 24 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 15, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Bluejacket formation
		6.	Sandstone (Bluejacket), light gray to dark brown, weathering reddish brown; thin bedded to massive	15.0
		5.	Clay, gray	1.0
		4.	Shale, dark gray to black, silty	3.0
		3.	Covered interval	4.0
		2.	Clay, gray to reddish brown	2.0
		1.	Shale, dark gray to black	6.0
Note: Classification of sub-Bluejacket beds uncertain. Bed 3 may include Dry Wood coal and its horizon.

27. Section exposed at intersection of State Highway 96 and section-line road and along south side of sec. 8, T. 33 S., R. 24 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 15, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Bluejacket formation
		7.	Sandstone (Bluejacket), light gray to brown, weathers rusty brown; some clayey layers in lower part; massive; friable, but upper part case-hardened	11.0
	Dry Wood formation
		6.	Coal (Dry Wood), weathered to blossom	0.3-0.5
		5.	Clay and shale; clay in upper part; interval much weathered and poorly exposed	5.0-6.0
		4.	Clay-ironstone layer; locally weathered to purplish-red ferruginous clay	0.4
		3.	Shale, dark gray to black, flaky; weathers light gray	8.5
	Rowe formation
		2.	Coal (Rowe), poor, bony	0.1-0.3
		1.	Clay, light gray to buff	2.0

28. Exposure in creek bank in SE SE sec. 7, T. 33 S., R. 24 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 15, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Rowe formation
		2.	Shale, dark gray in lower 2 feet, light gray and silty above; round sandy clay-ironstone concretions occur approximately 3 feet above base	8.0
		1.	Clay-ironstone layer	0.1-0.2
Note: Bed 1 seemingly lies only a few feet above Neutral coal or its horizon.

29. Exposure in abandoned strip pit northeast of Columbus, in NE SE sec. 7, T. 33 S., R. 24 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 15,1949.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Bluejacket formation
		3.	Sandstone (Bluejacket), medium gray, weathering light gray; flaggy to massive; exposed	4.0
	Dry Wood formation
		2.	Coal (Dry Wood), poor, bony	0.2-0.3
		1.	Shale, leached and clayey in upper 2 feet	6.0
Note: Rowe coal mined below, but now covered.

30. Section in road cut in entry to Jayhawker Ordnance Plant, in SW sec. 32, T. 33 S., R. 25 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 14, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Warner formation
		4.	Sandstone (Warner), medium grained, buff to brown; thin bedded in lower 2 feet, massive and cross-bedded above; lower part of massive portion is blister conglomerate	10.0
	Riverton formation
		3.	Coal (Riverton), poor, bony	0.3
		2.	Clay, light gray, iron stained; abundant plant remains	2.0
		1.	Shale, black, deeply leached in upper portion; weathers to light gray	8.0

31. Section exposed in roadside ditch, in SW NW sec. 19, T. 33 S., R. 25 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 14, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Bluejacket formation
		5.	Sandstone (Bluejacket), massive, medium grained; weathers reddish brown	11.0
		4.	Covered interval; mostly clay and shale, and some interbedded thin sandstone	25.0
		3.	Sandstone and interbedded shale; fine to medium grained; weathers brown; upper 1 foot massive	4.0
		2.	Shale, gray, "soapy"	3.0
		1.	Clay-ironstone layer	0.2-0.3
Note: Classification of beds below Bluejacket sandstone uncertain because of poor or concealed exposures.

32. Section in east-draining draw west of bridge over Spring River and south of road in NW NW sec. 14, T. 33 S., R. 25 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described August 3, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Warner formation
		5.	Shale, medium to dark gray	3.0
		4.	Sandstone (part of Warner sandstone), massive to thin bedded; very micaceous; contains layers of shale conglomerate	8.0
		3.	Shale , black, fissile; leached in upper part	1.2
	Riverton formation
		2.	Coal (Riverton), bony	0.8
		1.	Clay, medium gray, tough and hard; shows slickensides; contains abundant plant impressions; lower part contains masses of pyrite	4.0

33. Section in roadcuts on U.S. Highway 73E, near Kansas-Missouri state line, in NE SE sec. 12, T. 33 S., R. 25 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 13, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Warner formation
		5.	Sandstone, thin bedded, interbedded with sandy shale; contains some zones of coaly material	25.0
		4.	Shale and bony coal	3.0
		3.	Sandstone, gray to brown, thin bedded and slabby	2.0
		2.	Shale, gray to black; sandy, containing several thin clay-ironstone layers; coaly material interbedded	5.0-6.0
		1.	Sandstone, micaceous, massive, medium grained	6.0-8.0
Note: Probably Warner sandstone and higher beds.

34. Exposure in operating strip pit of Pittsburg and Midway Coal Company, in SW SW sec. 35, T. 32 S., R. 22 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described July 14, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
		5.	Clay, silty, fragments of shale at base; buff, mottled with dark reddish brown and black	6.0
Pennsylvanian System
Desmoinesian Series--Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Lagonda formation
		4.	Shale, dark gray to black in lower 2 feet, light gray and drab above; layered hematitic and limonite concretions	16.5
		3.	Limestone, black, weathers gray to red; very earthy, containing abundant gastropods and pelecypods	0.2-0.5
		2.	Shale, black, hard, thinly laminated; some scattered dense limestone concretions 1 foot in diameter and very numerous small calcareous concretions having pyritic cores; in one the pyritic core was a replacement of wood	7.8
	Bevier formation
		1.	Coal (Bevier), bright, blocky	1.7-2.0

35. Section exposed in strip pits of the Pittsburg and Midway Coal Company, in NE sec. 34, T. 32 S., R. 22 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described July 26, 1950.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Verdigris formation
		16.	Shale, black, fissile; contains abundant phosphatic concretions	2.0
		15.	Shale, gray, severely weathered and leached; contains ocherous clay; no fossils observed	8.0
	Croweburg formation
		14.	Coal (Croweburg)	0.8
		13.	Clay, gray, plastic	6.0
		12.	Limestone, gray, impure, sandy; irregular, but persistent; no fossils observed	1.0
		11.	Shale, dark gray to black in lower 15 feet, lighter above; lowermost 1 foot is carbonaceous, containing coalified plant leaves; thinly laminated throughout; breaks with conchoidal fracture in unweathered portions; is somewhat calcareous, containing dark limestone concretions in lower part and clay-ironstone layers in upper part; fossils include Marginifera muricatina, Crurithyris, Mesolobus, and bellerophontids	17.0
	Fleming formation
		10.	Coal (Fleming), particularly characterized by coal balls, and extremely irregular thickness	0.0-1.7
		9.	Clay	1.0
		8.	Shale, dark gray, hard; differs in thickness, owing to pre-Fleming erosion (see note); thin beds of limestone containing Marginifera muricatina occur 5 to 6 feet above base where bed is thick enough	0.0-9.0
		7.	Limestone, impure, lenticular, forming resistant bed; massive, weathering to ferruginous cinder; characteristic fossil is Crurithyris	0.0-0.3
		6.	Limestone, impure, slabby and shaly; very fossiliferous, containing abundant Mesolobus decipiens, plus Marginifera muricatina, Dictyoclostus americanus, and Neospirifer	1.3-1.7
	Robinson Branch formation
		5.	Coal (Robinson Branch)	0.0-0.3
		4.	Clay, containing plant impressions	1.0
		3.	Shale, dark gray to black, hard; dark limestone occurs locally at base; Mesolobus scattered throughout	9.0-10.0
	Mineral formation
		2.	Coal (Mineral)	2.0
		1.	Clay, containing plant impressions
Note: Locally, in the highwall of this pit, beds 3 through 8 are absent. The interval is filled with a clastic accumulation of clay pellets and pebbles of dense gray limestone. This material is present where the coal between the Fleming and Mineral coal is absent, and the interval between them is decreased. It is a reflection of localized erosion, after the deposition of the middle coal and lower beds but prior to deposition of the Fleming coal.

36. Section exposed in operating strip pit of Boyd Coal Company, in NW cor. sec. 25, T. 32 S., R. 23 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 20, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Scammon formation
		5.	Siltstone and thin-bedded sandstone; some clay-ironstone concretions	10.0
		4.	Shale, black, fissile	0.7
		3.	Limestone (Tiawah), dark gray to black; pyrite common; contains gastropod fauna	0.3-0.4
	Tebo formation
		2.	Coal (Tebo), much tougher than coal below, not blocky; abundant sulfide; nearly all discarded in mining; very uneven contact with coal below; average thickness	1.5
	Weir formation
		1.	Coal (Weir-Pittsburg), bright, blocky; uneven upper surface; average thickness	1.5

37. Exposure in abandoned strip, pit in NE sec. 30, T. 32 S., R. 24 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 24, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Scammon formation
		5.	Shale, sandy, and micaceous thin-bedded sandstone	15.0
		4.	Shale, black, platy; some pyritized fossils: Juresania, Mesolobus, and Linoproductus	1.5
		3.	Limestone (Tiawah), dark gray to black, tough; may grade laterally to very fossiliferous black shale; fossils in limestone and shale include ribbed gastropods, Mesolobus, Dictyoclostus, and crinoidal material	0.3-0.8
	Tebo and Weir formations
		2.	Coal (Tebo and Weir-Pittsburg), including thin nonpersistent clay parting between coals	3.3
		1.	Clay, gray, crumbly; exposed	1.0

38. Exposure in abandoned strip pit in NE NE sec. 24, T. 32 S., R. 24 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 21, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Tebo formation
		4.	Shale, sandy, and thin beds of sandstone; scattered clay-ironstone concretions, mostly weathered to limonite, most abundant near top; bed rests with slight angular unconformity on shale and coal below	15.0
		3.	Shale, dark gray to black, contains some bony coal; local in occurrence along highwall	0.0-2.0
	Weir formation
		2.	Coal (Weir-Pittsburg)	3.7
		1.	Clay; exposed below coal in pit	0.8

39. Section in Wilkinson Coal Company strip pit, in SW NW sec. 24, T. 32 S., R. 24 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 24, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Dry Wood formation
		7.	Coal (Dry Wood), weathered	0.5-1.3
		6.	Clay, shaly at base; plant impressions abundant in upper part; clay is plastic and shows intense limonite and hematite staining throughout	3.7
		5.	Limestone, impure, some sand and clay; contains abundant vertical rod-shaped concretions; no fossils observed	0.5
		4.	Shale, black in lower 2 to 3 feet, gray above	5.5
		3.	Limestone, dark gray to black; lenticular; contains Spirifer rockymontanus and crinoidal material	0.1-2.5
	Rowe formation
		2.	Coal (Rowe), hard, bright, very blocky	1.2
		1.	Clay, hard, gray, contains root impressions	0.5
Note: Bed 7 overlain by Pleistocene clay containing fragments of coal, clay, shale, and sandstone in basal part.

40. Exposure in operating strip pit of Wilkinson Coal Company, in NE SW sec. 12, T. 32 S., R. 24 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described February 18, 1953.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Bluejacket formation
		9.	Shale and shaly sandstone (base of Bluejacket sandstone); exposed	2.0-3.0
		8.	Coal (unnamed), smut	0.1-0.3
		7.	Clay	1.0-2.0
		6.	Shale, silty	5.0
	Dry Wood formation
		5.	Coal (Dry Wood), bright when fresh; uneven thickness	0.3-1.7
		4.	Clay, thickness uneven	2.0-5.0
		3.	Siltstone, calcareous, ferruginous; weathers to soft red material; basal part sandy	0.5-1.5
		2.	Shale, black, fissile, containing thin clay-ironstone layers and concretions; weathers to thin chips; very locally lenses of dark-gray to black carbonaceous limestone are present in the basal part of this unit; limestone ranges from tough, compact rock to impure shaly limestone; abundant fossils include Composita, Derbyia crassa, Spirifer occidentalis, Linoproductus, Prismopora triangulata, fish teeth, and crinoidal material	3.0-4.0
	Rowe formation
		1.	Coal (Rowe), very blocky, bright; range of thickness in this pit	1.2-1.7

41. Section exposed along Cherry Creek, east of bridge on State Highway 7, in NW sec. 7, T. 32 S., R. 24 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described July 6, 1949. This is near Abernathy's type section of the Scammon coal.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	?Mineral formation
		9.	Limestone, argillaceous; weathered; fossils include abundant high-spired gastropods, some pelecypods	0.5
		8.	Shale, black; soft and gray in upper 2 inches	1.0
		7.	Shale, black, containing abundant fossils, chiefly mollusks	0.3-0.4
		6.	Shale, black, fissile	0.7-0.8
		5.	Shale, black, contains abundant mollusks	0.2-0.3
		4.	Shale, black, slaty	0.2
		3.	Zone of small, rough, dark-gray to black limestone concretions	0.1
		2.	Shale, black, fissile	1.0
	?Scammon formation
		1.	Coal (Scammon?), hard, bright	0.5
Note: Bed 1 may be Tebo.

42. Section exposed in roadside ditch in SE sec. 36, T. 32 S., R. 25 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 13, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Warner formation
		3.	Sandstone (Warner), thin bedded, micaceous; dark gray in basal 5 to 6 feet, light gray to tan above; iron stained and friable throughout; some massive beds in upper portion	22.0
	Riverton formation
		2.	Coal (Riverton), weathered	0.4-0.5
		1.	Clay, light gray mottled with sulfur yellow; somewhat silty; plastic; contains carbonized plant fragments	3.0

43. Section exposed in sinkhole in SW NW sec. 34, T. 32 S., R. 25 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 27, 1950.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Warner formation
		4.	Sandstone (Warner), slumped from above
	Riverton formation
		3.	Shale, black, fissile	8.0-9.0
Mississippian System
		2.	Chert rubble (interstitial material is clay and shale), nonstratified	6.0
		1.	Limestone and chert; exposed	10.0
Note: Section in sink is faulted. Fault is reverse, and trends about N 80'° W, and displacement is less than 10 feet.

44. Section in stream cut east of and adjacent to U.S. Highway 69, in NW SW sec. 20, T. 32 S., R. 25 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described July 7, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Rowe formation
		7.	Shale, grading upward into thin-bedded, fine-grained sandstone	7.0
		6.	Clay-ironstone layer; nearly all altered to limonite, forming concretionary blocks	0.3-0.4
		5.	Shale, black, fissile; weathered to gray clay in upper 1 foot	7.2
		4.	Limestone, sideritic; partly altered to limonite and hematite; mottled deep red, brown, and black; no fossils observed	0.1-0.5
	?Warner formation
		3.	Clay, light gray; contains some concretions similar to those in bed 2; basal part seemingly is weathered shale	1.0
		2.	Shale, dark to light gray; zone about 12 inches thick at base is crowded with rod-shaped concretions, which have an irregularly stepped exterior, and may be coprolites or worm trails; these concretions also occur in upper part of unit	3.0
		1.	Shale, gray; "soapstone"; grades into bed above	2.0
Note: Top of bed 3 tentatively identified as horizon of Neutral coal.

45. Section exposed in sinkhole in SW NE sec. 9, T. 32 S., R. 25 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described July 9, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Warner formation
		14.	Shale, black, weathers gray	5.0
		13.	Clay-ironstone layer	0.2
		12.	Shale, black	4.0
		11.	Clay-ironstone layer	0.5
		10.	Shale, black; contains 10-to 15-inch lenses of aragonite	10.0
		9.	Cone-in-cone; lenticular; maximum thickness	0.7
		8.	Shale, black, sandy at base, containing pebbles of coarse asphaltic sandstone at basal contact; abundant crystalline masses of pyrite and marcasite and gypsum along joints	10.0
		7.	Sandstone (upper part of Warner), fine to medium grained; lower part somewhat asphaltic; upper surface leached and friable; contains tubular molds of rootlets; upper surface uneven, and regarded as a coal horizon	5.0-6.0
		6.	Shale, sand, and siltstone, very micaceous, weathers light gray; upper part contains one or more thin sandstone beds	8.0
		5.	Sandstone (lower part of Warner), medium grained, grains frosted; asphaltic throughout; coarsely cross-bedded throughout, even at contact with coal below	15.0
	Riverton formation
		4.	Coal (Riverton), good	0.9-1.1
		3.	Clay, light gray, nonsilty; contains irregular coal streak in uppermost part; darker gray at base	2.0-3.0
		2.	Shale, black, hard in basal 4 to 5 feet, softer above; upper part leached, iron-stained; bed contains abundant crystalline masses of pyrite and marcasite along joints and fault planes	13.0
Mississippian System
		1.	Limestone and chert; exposed	20.0
Note: Bed 2 may be McCurtain shale of Oklahoma. High-angle fault, probably due to slump, traverses this sink.

46. Exposure in operating strip pit of Wilkinson Coal Company, SW SW sec. 7, T. 32 S., R. 25 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described February 16, 1953.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Dry Wood formation
		7.	Shale, dark to light gray, thinly laminated; unconformably overlain by recent stream gravel	2.0-10.0
		6.	Limestone, conglomeratic; containing fragments of coal and large pieces of dense, hard gray limestone	0.0-0.5
		5.	Coal (unnamed), from streak to	0.3
		4.	Limestone, dark gray to black, dense, tough; lenticular	0.3-0.7
		3.	Shale, dark gray to black, fissile; contains thin layers of clay-ironstone and clay-ironstone concretions	0.5-2.0
	Rowe formation
		2.	Coal (Rowe), bright, exceptionally blocky; range of thickness in pit	1.3-1.7
		1.	Clay (underclay); exposed in pit floor

47. Exposure in operating strip pit of Pittsburg and Midway Coal Company, in NW SE sec. 34, T. 31 S., R. 22 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described July 14, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
		6.	Clay and gravel; gravel dispersed in silty clay and composed of brown and white tripolitic chert, plus sandstone and shale fragments, and is restricted to basal 2 to 3 feet	15.0
Pennsylvanian System
Desmoinesian Series--Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Lagonda formation
		5.	Shale, dark gray at base, lighter above; 1-to 2-inch layers of clay-ironstone at 2- to 3-foot intervals; distinct jointing results in blocky fragments of shale	12.0
		4.	Limestone, black, pyritic, fossiliferous	0.7
		3.	Shale, dark gray to black; fossils include clams, Derbyia, and Composita, and most are pyritized	2.3
	Bevier formation
		2.	Coal (Bevier), blocky, bright, hard; persistent pyrite layer about 4 inches above base; upper 1/2 to 1 inch is bone coal	1.3
		1.	Clay, dark gray, silty, contains coalified plant material and root impressions; exposed	0.5

48. Exposure in abandoned strip pit in SE NE sec. 36, T. 31 S., R. 23 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 20, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Croweburg formation
		6.	Sandstone, massive, calcareous; fossiliferous, containing gastropods, Marginifera, and Juresania	3.0
		5.	Shale, light gray, sandy; sandy clay at top; rough argillaceous and ferruginous limestone concretions in upper part	5.0
		4.	Sandstone, light gray, weathering brown	1.0-2.0
		3.	Shale, black, containing clay-ironstone and limonite concretions; silty in upper 1 foot	8.0
	Fleming formation
		2.	Coal (Fleming)	1.0
		1.	Clay; exposed	1.0
Note: Remainder of highwall under water; Mineral coal was mined here.

49. Section exposed in clay pit of the United Brick and Tile Company plant at the southeast edge of Weir City, in NW SW sec. 34, T. 31 S., R. 24 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described July 15, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Weir formation
		8.	Coal (Weir-Pittsburg), partly mined out, and very near cropline	3.5
		7.	Clay parting	0.2-0.3
		6.	Coal (Weir-Pittsburg)	0.4
		5.	Clay (underclay), dark gray to black, showing numerous slickensides, and containing plant impressions and rashy coal; is "blackjack" of miners	1.4
		4.	Coal (Weir-Pittsburg?), variable in thickness, but persistent laterally in this exposure	0.3-0.4
		3.	Clay (underclay), silty, containing root impressions throughout; used in manufacture of buff-burning brick	7.0
		2.	Zone of calcareous concretions containing plant fossils	0.2-0.4
		1.	Shale, sandy to silty
Note: Bed 1 probably top of Bluejacket sandstone. Coal bed 4 is possibly Bluejacket coal. Refer to discussion of Weir-Pittsburg coal.

50. Exposure in abandoned strip pit in NW NW sec. 32, T. 31 S., R. 24 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described August 17, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Croweburg formation
		7.	Sandstone, ferruginous, weathering brown to red; abundant molds of brachiopods and other fossils including Juresania, Neospirifer, Composita, Linoproductus, Aviculopecten	3.0-10.0
		6.	Clay, light gray, sandy; may be product of leaching of bed below	1.0-2.0
		5.	Siltstone and thin-bedded sandstone	3.0
		4.	Shale, dark gray to black in basal 2 to 3 feet, mottled light and dark gray above; abundant clay-ironstone concretions	11.0
		3.	Shale, drab to brown, calcareous, fossiliferous; locally contains tough lenticular limestone concretions	0.5-0.6
	Fleming formation
		2.	Coal (Fleming), variable thickness; close to crop line and not mined here	0.8-1.3
		1.	Clay and shale, light gray, with brown staining; upper part contains root and leaf impressions	5.0
Note: Mineral coal mined here, but not now exposed.

51. Section exposed in clay pit north of road and east of Weir City, in SE sec. 27, T. 31 S., R. 24 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described July 15, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
		5.	Clay, reddish brown to buff; local concentrations of red and black iron staining and small ferruginous pellets; filled burrows very common	4.0-5.0
Pennsylvanian System
Desmoinesian Series--Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Tebo formation
		4.	Shale, dark gray to black, weathering light gray; thinly laminated, showing streaks of sulfur along bedding planes; upper 2 feet contains scattered clay-ironstone concretions	6.0
	Weir formation
		3.	Coal (Weir-Pittsburg), bright, blocky; present only as pillars in old workings; considerable fusain and pyrite replacement thereof	4.2
		2.	Clay, gray, hard, silty; abundant root impressions, many of which are 6 to 8 inches long; slickensides; rough limestone masses containing Orbiculoidea near top; used for making buff-burning brick	5.0-7.0
		1.	Siltstone, gray, underlies clay, and forms pit bottom or floor
Note: Bed 1 probably top of Bluejacket sandstone.

52. Section exposed in abandoned strip pit in SE sec. 24, T. 31 S., R. 24 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 20, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Croweburg formation
		12.	Sandstone, light to dark gray, weathering brown; massive, cross-bedded, friable; in other exposures nearby, this sandstone forms massive lenses 8 to 10 feet thick, cutting or displacing beds below	5.0
		11.	Shale, black, platy; leached to "soapy" shale and clay showing limonitic partings in upper 5 feet	10.0
		10.	Zone of limonite concretions; represents weathered clay-ironstone	0.3-0.5
		9.	Shale, black, platy, weathers light gray to dun	2.3
	Fleming formation
		8.	Coal (Fleming)	0.9-1.0
		7.	Clay, light to dark gray and limonitic brown; plant impressions in upper part	4.0
		6.	Shale, dark gray; "soapstone" in upper part	6.0
	?Robinson Branch formation
		5.	Coal (Robinson Branch?) ranges from streak to 1 inch in thickness; average	0.08
		4.	Siltstone, soft; no defined bedding; dark gray	1.3
		3.	Siltstone containing sandstone as lenses in upper part, gray, calcareous, and massive; siltstone is thin bedded and micaceous	5.0
		2.	Shale, black, platy; silty in upper 6 to 8 inches	3.3
		1.	Water level in pit
Note: Mineral coal mined here, but not now exposed.

53. Section in strip pit of Black Diamond Coal Company, in NW sec. 32, T. 31 S., R. 25 E., Cherokee County, Kansas. Described June 14, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
		6.	Clay and gravel	5.0
Pennsylvanian System
Desmoinesian Series--Cherokee group
Krebs subgroup
	Dry Wood formation
		5.	Shale, medium to dark gray, containing a 3- to 4-inch clay-ironstone layer; exposed	2.0-4.0
		4.	Limestone, impure, earthy, silty; locally a conglomerate of plant casts; no invertebrate fossils observed; has thin coal streak below and, locally, above	0.3-0.4
		3.	Shale, black, fissile; abundant thin clay-ironstone layers; upper part leached and resembles underclay; thin nonpersistent, but locally extremely fossiliferous limestone at base; fossils include Spirifer occidentalis, Composita, Derbyia, Juresania, Orbiculoidea capuliformis, Punctospirifer, Neospirifer, Allorisma, Astartella, pectinoid clams, and crinoid ossicles	5.5
	Rowe formation
		2.	Coal (Rowe), very blocky, good; range of thickness in pit	1.0-1.5
		1.	Clay, contains root impressions; exposed in pit floor	0.5

54. Section in road cut west of Cherokee, in SW SW sec. 16, T. 31 S., R. 23 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described June 11, 1949. Exposure along Crawford-Cherokee County line.				Thickness, feet
Marmaton group
	Fort Scott formation
		9.	Limestone (base of Blackjack Creek limestone member); exposed	4.0
Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Excello formation
		8.	Shale, black, fissile; blocky in basal 18 inches; abundant round and lenticular phosphatic concretions	5.0
	Mulky formation
		7.	Coal (Mulky), uneven, occurs as nodules or lenses, not as a well-defined bed	0.0-0.3
		6.	Clay, light gray, plastic; stained with iron and sulfur yellow; contains coalified plant material	2.5
		5.	Zone of argillaceous and limonitic limestone concretions	0.4
		4.	Clay and some shale; light gray, plastic when wet; fresh material is darker gray, hard, and crumbly; coalified plant material occurs throughout	6.0
		3.	Covered interval	3.0
		2.	Limestone (Breezy Hill) dark gray to brown, weathering buff; earthy; vertical fracture; weathers to smooth, rounded masses; fossils include Composita, Dictyoclostus, Fusulina, and crinoid fragments	3.0-4.0
	Lagonda formation
		1.	Covered interval; to top of Verdigris limestone, estimated	31.0

55. Section exposed in creek bed and bank along Wolf Creek, in SE SE sec. 16, T. 31 S., R. 23 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described June 30, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Verdigris formation
		7.	Limestone (Verdigris), medium to dark gray, weathering buff; vertical fracture; joint system results in rhombic blocks; rock very dense and brittle; fossils include Crurithyris, Composita, Dictyoclostus, and crinoid columnals	2.5
		6.	Shale and clay; somewhat leached; gray at base, lighter gray above; contains rough limestone concretions in upper part	1.3
		5.	Shale, drab to gray, fossiliferous, locally a coquina of Marginifera muricatina	1.3
		4.	Shale, black, fissile, hard; is thickest where bed 3 is thin; grades into bed above; abundant flattened specimens of Composita and Marginifera in upper part	2.3-2.7
		3.	Concretionary limestone, black, very dense, carbonaceous, weathers rusty brown; forms nearly continuous bed; some septarian concretions; plant impressions on upper surface; fossils rare, but include nautiloids	0.5-1.0
		2.	Shale, black, fissile, hard; blocky fracture	1.3
		1.	Concretionary limestone; most concretions have pyrite or pyritic limestone rind; rock is dark gray to black; concretions are subspherical and dumbbell shaped and as much as 2 feet in maximum diameter; average thickness	1.0

56. Exposure in operating strip pit of Apex Coal Company, near Monmouth, in N2 SE sec. 7, T. 31 S., R. 23 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described July 14, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
		5.	Clay, sandy, local accumulations of gravel at base; brown to red, mottled with light gray; light gray portions are nearly vertical and may be burrow fillings	10.0
		4.	Gravel, lying unconformably on shale and coal below; gravel contains fragments of chert, coal, and shale in a clay and sand matrix; unit seeps water; irregular thickness	1.0-4.0
Pennsylvanian System
Desmoinesian Series--Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Lagonda formation
		3.	Limestone, black, brittle, dense; weathers red to light gray	0.4-0.5
		2.	Shale, black, fissile, hard, tough; some clay-ironstone layers	3.4
	Bevier formation
		1.	Coal (Bevier), bright, blocky; 1-inch bone layer at top	1.4

57. Section exposed in operating strip pit of Cheroka Coal Company, in SE cor. sec. 19, T. 31 S., R. 24 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described June 13, 1950.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Croweburg formation
		4.	Sandstone, massive, micaceous, cross-bedded; lenticular; maximum thickness	6.0
		3.	Shale, black, fissile, calcareous; blasting results in massive blocks as much as 2 feet thick; contains abundant round and ellipsoidal dense, black clay-ironstone or limestone concretions; Marginifera locally abundant; some nonpersistent limestone beds; concretions weather hematitic red; upper surface uneven	8.0-10.0
	Fleming formation
		2.	Coal (Fleming), good, bright; contains calcite along cleats	2.2
		1.	Clay, not measured

58. Section in operating strip pit of Barbero Coal Company, in SW NW sec. 14, T. 31 S., R. 24 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described August 17, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
		4.	Clay, mottled gray and brown; very silty	6.0-10.0
		3.	Sand and gravel; gravel composed of fragments of sandstone, shale, and coal	1.0-3.0
Pennsylvanian System
Desmoinesian Series--Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Tebo formation
		2.	Shale, drab to buff, sandy, containing sandstone lenses	2.0-8.0
	Weir formation
		1.	Coal (Weir-Pittsburg), near crop and generally poor	3.0-4.0
Note: Shale bed 2 seemingly lies unconformably on coal. Coal has numerous horsebacks.

59. Exposure in abandoned strip pit in NW NE NE sec. 13, T. 31 S., R. 24 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described August 11, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
		4.	Clay and fragments of sandstone; clay red to buff; overlain by about 1 foot of soil	2.0
Pennsylvanian System
Desmoinesian Series--Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Tebo formation
		3.	Sandstone, drab to light buff; appears massive, but much of it is thinly laminated; generally cross-bedded; basal 1 foot coarsest; upper part contains burrows, which are filled with clay and chert fragments; burrows are as much as 6 inches wide and 3 feet deep	6.0
		2.	Shale, black or dark gray in basal portion, grading upward to drab "soapstone"; thinly laminated throughout; overlying sandstone in unconformable contact	4.0-8.0
	Weir formation
		1.	Coal (Weir-Pittsburg), considerable fusain, most of which is replaced by iron sulfide	2.0
Note: This stripping operation intercepted older shaft mine diggings. Sand (bed 3) may be Chelsea member of Scammon formation.

60. Exposure in abandoned strip pit in SW NW sec. 4, T. 31 S., R. 24 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described August 17, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
		7.	Sand and gravel; contains fragments of chert, phosphatic nodules, and sandstone	2.0-4.0
Pennsylvanian System
Desmoinesian Series--Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Croweburg formation
		6.	Sandstone, tan to drab, weathering drab; micaceous, cross-bedded; occurs as lenses	1.0-6.0
		5.	Shale, dark gray to black; upper part deeply leached to nonbedded clayey material; irregular thickness due to relationship with overlying sand	2.0-6.0
		4.	Limestone, black, weathering reddish brown; prominent joints form rectangular slabs; fossils include abundant Marginifera	0.1-0.2
		3.	Shale, black, fissile, sparsely fossiliferous	1.0
	Fleming formation
		2.	Coal (Fleming), blocky, but very uneven in thickness	0.3-0.8
		1.	Clay, gray, mottled with brown; exposed	1.5
Note: Remainder of highwall under water. Lower coal (Mineral) mined here.

61. Section exposed in abandoned strip pit on south side of creek in center of NW sec. 15, T. 31 S., R. 25 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described July 24, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Bluejacket formation
		5.	Sandstone (lower part of Bluejacket), fine to medium grained, slabby, limonitic; exposed	2.0
		4.	Shale, light gray; leached	2.6
	Dry Wood formation
		3.	Coal (Dry Wood), deeply weathered; near crop	0.7-0.8
		2.	Clay, lower 1 foot gray, containing abundant root impressions; upper 3 inches limonitic and plastic; exposed	1.3
		1.	Covered interval; to water level, near base of highwall	10.0
Note: Rowe coal mined here, but no longer exposed.

62. Section exposed in road and adjoining ditch, in SE sec. 36, T. 30 S., R. 22 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described June 10, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Mulky formation
		4.	Covered interval to base of black shale (Excello) under Blackjack Creek limestone member of Fort Scott formation	2.0
		3.	Limestone (Breezy Hill), sandy, gray to buff, weathering brown; fossils include Dictyoclostus and Linoproductus; uneven thickness	1.0-2.0
	Lagonda formation
		2.	Sandstone, fine to medium grained, micaceous, slabby and thin bedded; silty in upper 2 to 3 feet	11.0
		1.	Shale and sandstone, drab to gray; base not exposed	12.0

63. Exposure in strip pit in SW SW sec. 34, T. 30 S., R. 24 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described June 13, 1950.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Croweburg formation
		5.	Sandstone, massive, calcareous, micaceous; occurs as lenses or in channels; maximum thickness	8.0
		4.	Shale, dark gray to black, weathering light gray; variable thickness due to sand above	4.0-8.0
		3.	Shale, dark gray to black, and drab; calcareous, grading laterally to nonpersistent impure limestone; abundant fossils include Marginifera; thin limestone stringer at top	3.0
	Fleming formation
		2.	Coal (Fleming), thickness variable; maximum	1.2
		1.	Clay, much red and brown staining; abundant plant remains; exposed	3.0
Note: Mineral coal mined here, but not now exposed.

64. Exposure in abandoned strip pit, in sec. 34, T. 30 S., R. 24 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described August 6, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Croweburg formation
		5.	Sandstone, micaceous, fine to medium grained, tan to drab, weathering brown; massive, lenticular; unconformable on beds below	1.0-4.0
		4.	Shale, black, fissile; contains lenticular phosphatic concretions in basal 1 foot; leached to "soapy" clay shale in upper part; top uneven	2.0-4.0
		3.	Limestone, dark, weathers to red and brown earthy material; fossils include Marginifera muricatina and Crurithyris	0.3-0.5
		2.	Shale, dark in basal 6 to 8 inches, but upper part calcareous shale containing abundant Marginifera muricatina and Crurithyris	2.5
	Fleming formation
		1.	Coal (Fleming), exposed	0.2
Note: Bed 1 at water level in pit, but designated thickness seemingly maximum.

65. Section in abandoned strip pit in NW SW sec. 27, T. 30 S., R. 24 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described June 13, 1950.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Verdigris formation
		6.	Shale, black, fissile; abundant round phosphatic concretions; occurs beneath Verdigris limestone member; exposed	4.0
		5.	Shale, medium gray, some limonitic streaks; non-silty "soapstone"; some nonpersistent clay-ironstone layers	16.5
		4.	Shale, black, hard, fissile; blocky; from featheredge to	2.0
	Croweburg formation
		3.	Coal (Croweburg)	0.2-0.3
		2.	Unconsolidated sand and silt, dark gray, leached; coaly material throughout; represents underclay	2.0
		1.	Sandstone, white, massive, very hard; somewhat calcareous; locally represented by limestone conglomerate	1.0-3.0

66. Section exposed in abandoned strip pit, in NE NW sec. 27, T. 30 S., R. 24 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described June 18, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
		13.	Clay and gravel, containing chert and coral fragments in lower part	2.0
Pennsylvanian System
Desmoinesian Series--Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Verdigris formation
		12.	Shale, drab to buff; several clay-ironstone layers, one marking the base	5.4
		11.	Shale, black, fissile, sharply defined at top and base; thinly laminated; blocky fracture	1.7
	Croweburg formation
		10.	Coal (Croweburg), very poor, ranges from featheredge to	0.4
		9.	Clay, dark gray, sandy, parts very micaceous; upper part nonsandy; showing slickensides	2.0-3.0
		8.	Limestone, nodular to brecciated; deeply weathered to red and buff; abundant selenite; average thickness	1.0
		7.	Shale, light gray, mottled with yellow	2.5
		6.	Limestone, red to black; rock is essentially a coquina of Marginifera muricatina, some Crurithyris and some Neospirifer; occurs as lenses	0.0-3.0
	Fleming formation
		5.	Coal (Fleming), bony, and extremely carbonaceous shale	0.3-0.7
		4.	Coal (Fleming), hard, bright; uneven thickness	0.4-0.8
		3.	Clay, light gray, mottled with yellow; melanteritic; very plastic; silty at base	3.3
		2.	Limestone, nodular, impure, tough, coarsely crystalline; irregular, ranging from featheredge to	1.0
		1.	Sandstone, fine grained, thin bedded; only upper portion exposed; calcareous masses in upper part; possibly grades upward into bed above; exposed	1.0

67. Section in strip pit of Eagle-Cherokee Coal Company, in NW NE sec. 10, T. 30 S., R. 24 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described June 18, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
		6.	Clay, buff to light gray; some iron staining in lower portion; at least partly developed from underlying shale; local gravel, including pebbles of chert, silicified Chaetetes, and shale, occurs in basal 2 feet	4.0-5.0
Pennsylvanian System
Desmoinesian Series--Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Lagonda formation
		5.	Shale, dark gray at base, drab to buff above; numerous clay-ironstone layers in lower 6 feet	12.5
		4.	Limestone, earthy, very fossiliferous	0.7-0.8
		3.	Shale, black, fissile in lower part, but soft, very fossiliferous 2- to 3-inch layer at base, which is locally represented by limestone; pyrite abundant in lower part; upper part dark gray, containing clay-ironstone layers	4.0-5.0
	Bevier formation
		2.	Coal (Bevier), hard, bright; estimated	1.3
		1.	Clay, very thin; overlies limestone (Verdigris) exposed in pit floor	0.2-0.3

68. Section in small strip pit, in SW sec. 36, T. 30 S., R. 25 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described June 12, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Bluejacket formation
		9.	Sandstone (Bluejacket), soft, ferruginous in lower 18 inches; coarse, friable, in upper part; most beds 3 to 4 inches thick	6.0
		8.	Sandstone and sandy clay	2.5
		7.	Shale, "soapstone" 3.0
		6.	Zone of limonitic concretions	0.1
		5.	Shale, dark gray at base, lighter gray above; lower part contains large amount of carbonized plant material	2.5
	Dry Wood formation
		4.	Coal (Dry Wood)	0.3-0.4
		3.	Clay, gray, hard; contains abundant root impressions and carbonized plant material	2.0
		2.	Shale, dark gray	4.0
	Rowe formation
		1.	Coal (Rowe); thickness reported	1.7

69. Exposure in abandoned strip pit in SE NW sec. 35, T. 30 S., R. 25 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described February 19, 1953.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Bluejacket formation
		13.	Sandstone (base of Bluejacket), silty, thin bedded	2.0
		12.	Coal (unnamed), weathered	0.2-0.3
		11.	Clay, gray, hard; contains plant impressions; upper 4 to 5 inches very silty	2.0
		10.	Coal (unnamed), weathered	1.0
		9.	Clay, limonitic brown; upper 1 inch hard scaly limonitic shale; gradational contact with bed below	0.8
		8.	Clay, gray, contains abundant-root impressions; some slickensides	1.5
		7.	Covered interval	2.0
		6.	Shale, gray to drab, silty	2.5
	Dry Wood formation
		5.	Coal (Dry Wood), weathered	0.1-0.2
		4.	Clay and sand; fine silty clay in upper 4 to 6 inches	1.3
		3.	Sandstone, coarse, very micaceous, has many vertical tubules, which seem to be molds of plant roots; single piece of chert 3 inches in length found in the sand	1.0
		2.	Shale, black, fissile; base not observed in pit	1.5
		1.	Covered interval to bottom of pit, where the Rowe coal was mined	5.0
Note: Two upper coal beds are regarded as nonpersistent and are included in Bluejacket formation.

70. Exposure in roadside ditch and adjacent abandoned strip pit in SE NE sec. 27, T. 30 S., R. 25 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described July 25, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Bluejacket formation
		4.	Sandstone (base of Bluejacket), gray to brown, fine to medium grained, micaceous	2.0
		3.	Shale and clay, deeply weathered; red and brown staining along bedding and jointing planes	1.5-1.7
	Dry Wood formation
		2.	Coal (Dry Wood), bony	0.3-1.0
		1.	Clay, gray, laced with limonitic brown along joints; abundant root impressions	2.0
Note: Rowe coal mined below bed 1 in this vicinity.

71. Section in part from exposure in newly dug farm pond in SW SW SE sec. 26, T. 30 S., R. 25 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described February 18, 1953.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Dry Wood formation
		6.	Coal (Dry Wood), soft, near crop	0.5-1.2
		5.	Clay; exposed	1.0
		4.	Shale	6.0
	Rowe formation
		3.	Coal (Rowe)	1.0
		2.	Clay parting	0.2
		1.	Coal (Rowe)	0.2-0.3

72. Section in operating strip pit of Mackie-Clemens Coal Company, in SE NW sec. 28, T. 29 S., R. 25 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described June 13, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
		21.	Clay; to top of highwall	10.0
Pennsylvanian System
Desmoinesian Series--Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Lagonda formation
		20.	Shale, dark gray to black in lower 2 to 3 feet, gray above	10.0
	Bevier formation
		19.	Coal (Bevier)	1.3
		18.	Clay, light buff to brown; contains plant impressions and crinoid stems	0.2-0.3
	Verdigris formation
		17.	Limestone (upper bed of Verdigris), mottled dark gray and brown; weathers light gray and buff; very hard, forming single massive bed; upper surface uneven and deeply leached; fossils include Punctospirifer, Neospirifer, Composita, Crurithyris, Phricodothyris, Marginifera, Mesolobus Euampygus, Chaetetes, and simple corals; large wood fragments occur in deeply leached areas on the upper surface	2.6
		16.	Shale, black, hard and fissile at base, but lighter, possibly leached, in upper part	1.5
		15.	Limestone, dark gray to black, dense	0.7-0.8
		14.	Shale, dark gray to black, fissile	0.8
		13.	Limestone (lower part of Verdigris), dark gray, dense; zone of flattened, massive concretions 1 to 3 feet in diameter; many are septarian, containing coarse crystals of pink dolomite, and have pyritic rinds; fossils include Marginifera, Lingula, and small ammonoids	0.8-1.0
		12.	Shale, black, fissile, slaty; abundant round and lenticular phosphatic concretions; fossils include Marginifera, Composita, Orbiculoidea, spirifers, ammonoids, and simple corals	5.0
		11.	Shale, medium gray, thinly laminated; most common fossils are pectinoid clams	8.5
	Croweburg formation
		10.	Coal (Croweburg), bright, blocky, much calcite in cleats; coal pyritic in upper part; locally a 1- to 2-inch bed occurs above a 3- to 4-inch gray or black shale parting above this bed	0.8-1.0
		9.	Clay, silty to sandy throughout; abundant plant remains; much of plant material (roots) in vertical position	2.2
		8.	Zone of rough calcareous concretions	1.0
		7.	Clay, light gray, plastic when wet; contains carbonized plant remains	1.5
		6.	Limestone, sandy at base, shaly above; numerous fossils include Composita, Marginifera, Derbyia, Juresania, Mesolobus, Orbiculoidea, Crurithyris, spirifers, clams, and crinoidal material	2.0
		5.	Shale, dark gray to black, hard, slaty; gray and silty in upper 1 to 2 feet	7.0-8.0
	Fleming formation
		4.	Coaly zone (Fleming)	0.2
		3.	Clay, silty; compacted and bedded in lower part; plant remains occur throughout and are in or near vertical position	4.0
		2.	Shale, dark gray to black; 1 to 3 feet of very dark gray fossiliferous limestone in lower part; shale hard, fissile to slaty, fossiliferous in lower part; upper surface uneven and upper 1 foot deeply leached; fossils include Dictyoclostus, Composita, Allorisma, Derbyia, Mesolobus, Neospirifer, pectinoid clams, and crinoid columnals of large diameter	7.5
	Mineral formation
		1.	Coal (Mineral)	1.5-1.7

73. Section in strip pit of Mackie-Clemens Coal Company, in SE sec. 16, T. 29 S., R. 25 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described June 10, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
		7.	Clay, reddish brown to buff; contains small iron or manganese concretions	5.0
Pennsylvanian System
Desmoinesian Series--Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Lagonda formation
		6.	Shale, light to dark gray, massive in appearance, but very thinly laminated; has very distant and persistent joint sets	29.0
		5.	Limestone, dark gray to black, dense, resistant bed; jointed, pyritic; fossils include Marginifera muricatina	0.4
		4.	Shale, black, slaty; upper part contains concretions and layers of clay-ironstone; fossiliferous	4.3
		3.	Limestone, dark gray to black, very dense and tough; pyritic; contains abundant productids	1.3
	Bevier formation
		2.	Coal (Bevier), bright; blocky fracture; pyritic in upper part 1.5-1.7
		1.	Clay, light gray, uneven thickness; underlain by limestone (Verdigris)	0.3-0.8

74. Section in strip pit of Mackie-Clemens Coal Company, south of Breezy Hill area in NE NE sec. 15, T. 29 S., R. 25 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described June 17, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Lagonda formation
		10.	Shale and clay, buff to drab; clay may be weathered shale; some local concentration of iron staining in clay	3.3
		9.	Shale, drab to buff; weathered condition of numerous clay-ironstone layers indicates that color is weathering product; clay-ironstone is soft, leached, and earthy	3.3
		8.	Shale, black, grading into dark gray above; contains several clay-ironstone layers	3.5
		7.	Limestone, dark gray to black, dense; contains fragmental shell material; persistent	0.3
		6.	Shale, black, thinly laminated; breaks with conchoidal fracture; has 1- to 2-inch clay-ironstone bed near top; contains clams	4.6
		5.	Limestone, dark gray to black, very dense, tough; contains abundant fragmental shell material	0.2-0.3
		4.	Shale, black, fissile; conchoidal fracture; principal fossils are clams	0.7-0.8
		3.	Pyrite layer; very fossiliferous; all shells completely pyritized; this bed persistent throughout pit	0.2-0.3
	Bevier formation
		2.	Coal (Bevier), all very bright; mostly clarain, considerable calcite along cleats; coal of even thickness and quality	1.4-1.5
		1.	Clay	0.2-0.3
Note: Bed 1 underlain by Verdigris limestone.

75. Section exposed in abandoned strip pit on west side of road in SE NW sec. 14, T. 29 S., R. 25 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described July 27, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
		10.	Clay and soil; to top of highwall	3.0-4.0
Pennsylvanian System
Desmoinesian Series--Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Croweburg formation
		9.	Coal (Croweburg), weathered	0.7
		8.	Clay, silty, gray, crisscrossed with limonitic staining along certain joints; contains root impressions; base uneven, but well defined	2.0
		7.	Sandstone, gray to brown, micaceous; varies laterally from soft, clayey, nodular, slabby zone to a single massive bed; base is uneven, intersecting portion of bed below	3.0-5.0
		6.	Limestone, earthy, brown and gray below to hematitic red above; single massive bed to 2 or more thin beds separated by fossiliferous shale; fossils include abundant Mesolobus, Marginifera, and Crurithyris; contact with overlying bed sharp	0.8-1.2
		5.	Shale, black, fissile, in basal 18 inches, gray above; has prominent limestone "dikes" that extend downward from bed 6 and seem to fill joints	5.8
	Fleming formation
		4.	Coal (Fleming), hard	0.2-0.8
		3.	Clay, gray, hard, silty; contains calcareous nodules throughout	2.5
		2.	Siltstone and sandstone, gray, micaceous; siltstone is thin bedded; sandstone constitutes upper 10 to 12 inches and is uneven at base and top	3.5
		1.	Covered interval to the fill in floor of strip pit; the Mineral coal, mined here, lay at approximately the base of this interval	5.5

76. Exposure in barnyard adjacent to strip mine (abandoned) in NE NE NW sec. 11, T. 29 S., R. 25 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described February 18, 1953.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Mulky formation
		5.	Coal (Mulky), mined here; not measured
		4.	Clay, mostly covered; estimated	1.0
		3.	Limestone (upper bed of Breezy Hill), single massive bed; contains 25% residue of very fine angular quartz sand; medium to finely crystalline; brownish gray, weathering about same color; fossils include scattered fragments of crinoids and few Fusulina tests	1.0-2.0
		2.	Limestone (lower part of Breezy Hill), brown to tan, weathers gray brown; finely crystalline; thin, irregular bedding, hackly fracture; fossils include Dictyoclostus cf. portlockianus, Fitsulina, Rhombopora, and scattered crinoid fragments	1.0-2.0
	Lagonda formation
		1.	Shale; exposed	5.0

77. Exposure in abandoned strip pit on hilltop in SE NE sec. 10, T. 29 S., R. 25 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described June 17, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Marmaton group
	Fort Scott formation
		3.	Limestone (Blackjack Creek member), gray at base, lighter gray above, weathers light buff; lower 18 to 29 inches dense; beds above this lower prominent bed range from 3 to 8 inches in thickness; fossils include flat Chaetetes colonies; bedding uneven, upper part forms slabs upon weathering	10.0
Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Excello formation
		2.	Shale, black, fissile; numerous round phosphatic concretions; Orbiculoidea only fossil observed, some specimens forming nuclei of concretions; jointing very prominent	4.3
	Mulky formation
		1.	Coal (Mulky), top only exposed

78. Section exposed in strip pit northeast of junction at Croweburg, Kansas, in SW SW sec. 34, T. 28 S., R. 25 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described June 10, 1948. This is type section of Croweburg coal.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Verdigris formation
		6.	Clay and shale, light gray, soft; fossiliferous; upper part contains persistent zone of dark limestone concretions similar to those below	1.5
		5.	Shale, dark brown	3.9
		4.	Shale, black, fissile, thinly laminated; upper Dart contains large dark limestone concretions as much as 2 1/2 feet in diameter	4.3
		3.	Clay and shale; contains plant impressions and some carbonized plant material	1.6
	Croweburg formation
		2.	Coal (Croweburg), hard; blocky fracture; some bone coal; pyrite common	1.1
		1.	Clay, not measured

79. Section exposed in roadside ditch and railway cut, in SW SE sec. 25, T. 28 S., R. 25 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described July 28, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Scammon formation
		7.	Shale and siltstone, gray to brown; 3- to 4-inch sandstone lenses in upper part; some calcareous siltstone concretions	10.0
		6.	Shale, black, fissile; contains clay-ironstone and limonite concretions	4.0
		5.	Limestone (Tiawah), dark gray to black, weathering brown and red; slabby	0.2-0.4
		4.	Shale, black, fissile; contains abundant small rounded phosphatic concretions; weathered zone above coal at base	1.8
	Tebo formation
		3.	Coal (Tebo)	0.5
		2.	Clay, silty, gray, mottled with brown; contains root impressions; well-defined scaly limonitic zone at top	4.0
		1.	Shale, gray, somewhat silty; very thinly laminated; clayironstone concretions abundant throughout; upper 1 foot is gray siltstone	15.0

80. Section in abandoned strip pit about 2 1/2 miles north of Mulberry, Kansas, in SE NW sec. 24, T. 28 S., R. 25 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described June 11, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Verdigris formation
		32.	Limestone (part of Verdigris member), exposed at surface and weathered to rubble	1.5
		31.	Shale, black, fissile, hard; containing abundant small round phosphatic concretions throughout, and a zone of large limestone concretions about 3 feet above the base	5.0
		30.	Shale, gray, weathering brown; upper 1 foot very light gray and clayey; black fissile shale (to 1 foot thick) occurs locally in basal part	8.3
	Croweburg formation
		29.	Coal (Croweburg), weathered	1.0-1.3
		28.	Clay, dark gray, hard, crumbly	4.0
		27.	Limestone (underlimestone), gray, coarse grained, nodular; nodules in clay and shale matrix; no fossils observed	1.7
		26.	Shale, black, thinly laminated; displaced laterally in lower part by lenticular dark-gray limestone as much as 18 inches thick	4.4
	Fleming formation
		25.	Coal (Fleming)	0.8
		24.	Clay, gray, hard; contains abundant plant impressions	2.7
		23.	Shale, dark gray to black, fissile, hard; weathers to thin brittle chips	7.0-8.0
	Mineral formation
		22.	Coal (Mineral), blocky, weathered (near crop)	1.6
		21.	Clay	1.0
		20.	Zone of deeply weathered limestone and shale; argillaceous material, plastic, iron stained, and containing gypsum crystals; calcareous material not fossiliferous; identified as underlimestone	2.4
		19.	Shale, dark gray, hard; calcareous in upper part	10.0
		18.	Limestone, dark gray to black, weathering to light buff or gray; dense; forms prominent ledge in this exposure; fossils include large productids, spirifers, Mesolobus, Chonetina, and fusulinids	0.2-1.2
		17.	Coal (Scammon), bright	0.7
		16.	Clay	3.0
		15.	Limestone, coarse grained, sandy, seems to grade laterally to massive sandstone 4 to 5 feet thick; considered as a unit, thickness is highly variable	1.0-5.0
		14.	Shale, dark gray to black, fissile at base; grades upward to sandy or silty shale	9.0
		13.	Clay-ironstone; in single layer	0.2
		12.	Coal horizon (unnamed)
		11.	Sandstone and siltstone, thinly laminated and interbedded; ripple marked. and containing casts of worm borings; slumps in massive blocks	8.0
		10.	Shale. dark gray to black, platy	5.5
		9.	Clay-ironstone layer	0.2
		8.	Shale, dark gray to black, fissile	0.5
		7.	Limestone (Tiawah), very dense, fossiliferous; color ranges from dark gray to hematitic red; cone-in-cone common along upper surface	0.4
		6.	Shale, black, fissile; contains Orbiculoidea; weathers to thin brittle chips; scattered small clay-ironstone concretions	1.7
	Tebo formation
		5.	Coal (Tebo), bright; blocky fracture; even in thickness	0.5
		4.	Clay, gray, hard, crumbly	3.0
		3.	Limestone, nodular, gray, medium to finely crystalline; no fossils observed; nodules form persistent bed	0.8
		2.	Shale, gray; "soapstone"; hard, weathers to light-gray chips; grades into bed above	16.4
	Weir formation
		1.	Coal (Weir-Pittsburg), not now exposed in this pit, but thickness in vicinity about	4.0

81. Section in road cut 6.3 miles north of Arma, on U.S. Highway 69, in NW SW sec. 5, T. 28 S., R. 25 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described July 15, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Marmaton group
	Fort Scott formation
		10.	Limestone (Blackjack Creek member), light to dark gray and reddish brown, weathering light brown; coarse; rusty specks common; some masses of calcite in upper part; bedding uneven; locally where rock is composed predominantly of Chaetetes colonies, bedding is absent; beds range from 3 to 10 inches in thickness; fossils include abundant Chaetetes, some fusulines, Neospirifer, and Crurithyris	7.8
		9.	Limestone (lower part of Blackjack Creek member), dark gray, weathering buff; seemingly concretionary in basal part; vertical tubular fillings (1/8 to 1 inch in diameter) are common; upper part weathered and extremely porous owing to tubular cavities; fossils include cephalopods and brachiopods	1.8
Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Excello formation
		8.	Shale, black, fissile, hard; abundant small, rounded and lenticular phosphatic concretions	3.0
	Mulky formation
		7.	Coal (Mulky), hard, blocky, bright	0.7
		6.	Clay, gray, hard, silty; large amount of carbonized plant material	0.4
		5.	Covered interval	2.0
		4.	Limestone (Breezy Hill), sandy and silty; mottled light blue gray and tan; blue gray is soft and silty; most of rock is darker; forms single uneven ledge; silty material washes out on weathering, leaving residue of coarse brown limestone rubble; no fossils observed	0.8-1.5
		3.	Shale, light gray to drab; very sandy, seeps water	0.8
	Lagonda formation
		2.	Sandstone, fine to medium grained; light gray to drab and buff; median 2 to 3 feet massive, breaking into slabs; finely cross-bedded throughout; upper 1 foot contains thin nonpersistent clay partings; most of material friable	6.0
		1.	Siltstone, thin-bedded sandstone, and sandy shale, micaceous; exposed	10.0

82. Section described from roadside ditches at crossroads, SW cor. sec. 2, T. 28 S., R. 25 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described July 29, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Scammon formation
		8.	Sandstone (Chelsea), gray, weathering brown; massive to thin bedded; exposed	5.5
		7.	Shale and clay, light gray, soft; leached; upper contact not well defined	2.0
		6.	Sandstone and siltstone, gray to drab; micaceous; nonpersistent lenses of sand in upper 3 feet	6.5
		5.	Shale, dark gray to black, fissile at base; grades upward into thinly laminated silty dark-gray shale	5.5
		4.	Limestone (Tiawah), dark gray, shaly; weathers red and brown; fossiliferous	0.3-0.4
		3.	Shale, black, fissile, very hard and tough	1.0
	Tebo formation
		2.	Coal (Tebo), weathered	0.4
		1.	Clay, gray, hard, silty; exposed	3.0

83. Section in abandoned strip pit and adjoining road cut on U.S. Highway 69, in SW SW sec. 32, T. 27 S., R. 25 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described July 13, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Mulky formation
		13.	Limestone (Breezy Hill), dirty dark gray to brown, weathering tan and buff	1.7
	Lagonda formation
		12.	Sand, poorly cemented, and shale, gray to buff; uneven thickness	0.3-0.4
		11.	Sandstone (part of Lagonda), brown to drab, thin bedded, forming slabs; finely cross-bedded; somewhat calcareous	2.0
		10.	Sandstone and interbedded sandy clay	6.0
		9.	Shale, medium to dark gray; contains clay-ironstone concretions at base; gray, weathering light gray above; upper part very silty; entire thickness laced by dike-like structures resulting from the action of ground water along joint surfaces	69.0
		8.	Limestone, weathers to thin slabs; fossiliferous	0.3-0.5
		7.	Shale, black, platy; contains abundant clay-ironstone concretions	1.8
		6.	Limestone, dark gray to black; weathers reddish brown; fossils include Marginifera muricatina and clams	0.2-0.3
		5.	Shale, black, platy	1.4
		4.	Limestone, dark gray	0.2-0.3
	Bevier formation
		3.	Covered interval; includes thin underclay, the Bevier coal (stripped here), and overlying fossiliferous limestone	2.2
	Verdigris formation
		2.	Limestone (Verdigris), mottled light and dark gray, weathers buff and light gray; nodular, distinctively so on weathered surface; prominent joints form rough rhombs; fossils include Mesolobus lioderma, M. euampygus, Marginifera muricatina, Neospirifer, Composita, crinoid columnals, fusulines, and gastropods	1.6-1.7
		1.	Shale, black, fissile; uppermost few inches drab, fossiliferous, containing Marginifera and Mesolobus	2.0

82. Section described from roadside ditches at crossroads, SW cor. sec. 2, T. 28 S., R. 25 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described July 29, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Scammon formation
		8.	Sandstone (Chelsea), gray, weathering brown; massive to thin bedded; exposed	5.5
		7.	Shale and clay, light gray, soft; leached; upper contact not well defined	2.0
		6.	Sandstone and siltstone, gray to drab; micaceous; nonpersistent lenses of sand in upper 3 feet	6.5
		5.	Shale, dark gray to black, fissile at base; grades upward into thinly laminated silty dark-gray shale	5.5
		4.	Limestone (Tiawah), dark gray, shaly; weathers red and brown; fossiliferous	0.3-0.4
		3.	Shale, black, fissile, very hard and tough	1.0
	Tebo formation
		2.	Coal (Tebo), weathered	0.4
		1.	Clay, gray, hard, silty; exposed	3.0

83. Section in abandoned strip pit and adjoining road cut on U.S. Highway 69 in SW SW sec. 32, T. 27 S., R. 25 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described July 13, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Mulky formation
		13.	Limestone (Breezy Hill), dirty dark gray to brown, weathering tan and buff	1.7
	Lagonda formation
		12.	Sand, poorly cemented, and shale, gray to buff; uneven thickness	0.3-0.4
		11.	Sandstone (part of Lagonda), brown to drab, thin bedded, forming slabs; finely cross-bedded; somewhat calcareous	2.0
		10.	Sandstone and interbedded sandy clay	6.0
		9.	Shale, medium to dark gray; contains clay-ironstone concretions at base; gray, weathering light gray above; upper part very silty; entire thickness laced by dike-like structures resulting from the action of ground water along joint surfaces	69.0
		8.	Limestone, weathers to thin slabs; fossiliferous	0.3-0.5
		7.	Shale, black, platy; contains abundant clay-ironstone concretions	1.8
		6.	Limestone, dark gray to black; weathers reddish brown; fossils include Marginifera muricatina and clams	0.2-0.3
		5.	Shale, black, platy	1.4
		4.	Limestone, dark gray	0.2-0.3
	Bevier formation
		3.	Covered interval; includes thin underclay, the Bevier coal (stripped here), and overlying fossiliferous limestone	2.2
	Verdigris formation
		2.	Limestone (Verdigris), mottled light and dark gray, weathers buff and light gray; nodular, distinctively so on weathered surface; prominent joints form rough rhombs; fossils include Mesolobus lioderma, M. euampygus, Marginifera muricatina, Neospirifer, Composita, crinoid columnals, fusulines, and gastropods	1.6-1.7
		1.	Shale, black, fissile; uppermost few inches drab, fossiliferous, containing Marginifera and Mesolobus	2.0

84. Exposure in operating strip pit of Meade Coal Company, in NE SW sec. 28, T. 27 S., R. 25 E., Crawford County, Kansas. Described July 29, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Lagonda formation
		4.	Shale, "soapstone," even bedding; gray to drab	10.0
		3.	Shale, black; contains lenticular limestone bodies 1 to 20 inches thick having lenses or nodules of much denser limestone within; limestone is fossiliferous	3.0-4.0
	Bevier formation
		2.	Coal (Bevier), hard, bright; layers of pyrite; calcite along cleats	1.3-1.4
		1.	Clay, exposed in floor of strip pit

85. Section exposed in roadside ditch, in SW SW sec. 18, T. 27 S., R. 25 E., Bourbon County, Kansas. Described July 13, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Marmaton group
	Fort Scott formation
		8.	Limestone (lower part of Blackjack Creek limestone member), dense, dark gray, weathers buff; vertical fracture	1.0
Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Excello formation
		7.	Shale, black, fissile; very abundant small rounded phosphatic concretions	3.0
	Mulky formation
		6.	Coal (Mulky), weathered	0.5
		5.	Clay, dark gray, silty; contains plant impressions; uneven contact with bed below	0.8-1.4
		4.	Clay, light gray, very plastic; much limonitic staining	1.6-2.3
		3.	Limestone (Breezy Hill), sandy, mottled light and dark gray, weathers brown and buff; seems to grade upward from lower bed; thickness uneven	0.5-0.7
	Lagonda formation
		2.	Sandstone, drab to brown, somewhat calcareous; slabby, and thin bedded; ripple marked; very micaceous	3.7
		1.	Shale, "soapstone"; exposed	5.0

86. Exposures in operating strip pit of Pellett Coal Company, in SW SE sec. 18, T. 27 S., R. 25 E., Bourbon County, Kansas. Described July 4, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
		11.	Clay, base uneven; darker than that below, crumbly; lower part contains concentration of small pellet-like iron concretions	4.0
		10.	Clay, drab at base, containing widely distributed coal fragments in basal 2 to 3 feet; lower 4 feet very silty to sandy; upper part uniform; light buff and gray mottled, lighter gray at top	14.7
		9.	Gravel, consisting of fragments of chert, shale, and coal averaging about 1 inch in diameter; upper part all gravel, but lower part has clay matrix; 2-inch bed of detrital coal at top	1.7
Pennsylvanian System
Desmoinesian Series--Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Lagonda formation
		8.	Shale, dark gray to black at base, gray above; upper surface uneven	1.3
		7.	Limestone, dark gray to black, weathers brown to deep red; fossiliferous, containing gastropods, pelecypods, and Crurithyris	0.3-0.4
		6.	Shale, black, fissile; clay-ironstone concretions	1.6
		5.	Limestone, earthy; contains pelecypods, gastropods, and Crurithyris; weathers to soft, chocolate-colored rock	0.2-0.3
		4.	Shale, black; has lenticular masses of fossiliferous bituminous limestone; limestone includes black limestone concretions containing Linoproductus; shale contains abundant Marginifera, Mesolobus, Neospirifer, Juresania, and Composita; many fossils pyritized	4.1
	Bevier formation
		3.	Coal (Bevier), hard, bright, blocky fracture; upper 1 inch bony; much "peacock" coal	1.5
		2.	Clay, dark gray; contains carbonaceous material; micaceous	0.1-1.0
	Verdigris formation
		1.	Limestone (Verdigris), upper part exposed; reported thickness	2.0

87. Section exposed in bed and banks of Dry Wood Creek, in SW NW sec. 14, T. 27 S., R. 25 E., Bourbon County, Kansas. Described July 5, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Croweburg formation
		14.	Sandstone, medium to coarse, ferruginous, weathers dark brown; massive, uniform; exposed	11.0
		13.	Limestone and shale; interval very poorly exposed; pieces of limestone float contain abundant Marginifera muricatina	2.0
	Fleming formation
		12.	Coal (Fleming), not exposed, but was mined here on small scale; estimated thickness	1.0
		11.	Clay, not well exposed; estimated thickness	1.0
		10.	Shale, calcareous, containing thick (18-20 inches) nodular masses of coarse, dark limestone	2.0
		9.	Clay, light gray, containing abundant scaly limonitic material	0.5
		8.	Shale, black, fissile, at base, gray soapstone above, entire thickness laced by thick dike-like joint fillings of earthy calcareous material; limonitic and clay-ironstone concretions occur in part; small rounded and lenticular phosphatic concretions are found in basal black shale	11.5
		7.	Limestone, dark gray to black, weathers to soft, earthy, brown and red: joints lined with cone-in-cone; very uneven, as lenses 2 to 30 inches thick, fossils include Marginifera muricatina, Punctospirifer, Neospirifer, Juresania, Dictyoclostus, and Composita	0.2-2.5
	Mineral formation
		6.	Coal (Mineral), very uneven in thickness and in quality; thickest where overlying limestone is thickest; from a streak to	1.5
		5.	Clay, dark gray, showing slickensides; plastic; occupies position of Mineral coal where coal is absent; upper part contains fragments of coal	3.0-4.0
		4.	Shale, gray "soapstone", cut by numerous joint fillings; upper part grades into clay	6.0
	Scammon formation
		3.	Coal (Scammon), bone	0.2
		2.	Shale, micaceous, very silty at base; upper part thinly bedded	2.0
		1.	Sandstone (Chelsea), gray, fine grained, thin bedded, micaceous; joints filled with calcareous material; exposed	3.0

88. Exposure on Dry Wood Creek bank in SE SW sec. 13, T. 27 S., R. 25 E., Bourbon County, Kansas. Described August 3, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	?Croweburg formation
		6.	Limestone, very much weathered; a coquina of brachiopods and gastropods; weathers to spongy, red, earthy material	0.3-0.4
		5.	Shale, black, fissile	1.8
	?Fleming formation
		4.	Coal (Fleming?), blocky, somewhat weathered	0.7
		3.	Clay, dark grayish brown, silty; contains abundant root impressions; some coaly streaks; limonite along joints	1.3
		2.	Clay, light gray, silty; acid taste; contains rough limestone and pyrite concretions; has well-defined but uneven lines of contact with beds below and above	1.8
		1.	Sandstone and siltstone, thin bedded, containing prominent calcareous bodies, which were seemingly deposited in crevices in siltstone after its deposition; upper part very uneven	6.0
Note: Bed 4 probably Fleming. Section overlain by recent stream gravel.

89. Exposure in abandoned strip pit west of Garland, in NW NW sec. 1, T. 27 S., R. 25 E., Bourbon County, Kansas. Described July 4, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Marmaton group
	Fort Scott formation
		4.	Limestone (Blackjack Creek member), drab to gray, weathering buff; fine to coarse grained; forms essentially single ledge; fossils project upon weathering and include Dictyoclostus, Chaetetes, Syringopora, and large crinoid columnals (to 1 inch in diameter)	7.4
		3.	Limestone (lower part of Blackjack Creek), dark gray, dense; distinct from overlying beds	0.8
		2.	Shale, gray, calcareous	0.1-0.2
Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Excello formation
		1.	Shale, black, fissile; abundant round phosphatic concretions; nearly spherical black limestone concretions as much as 2 feet in diameter, having pyritic rinds 1 to 2 inches thick, are common at this locality; exterior of each shows slickensides	2.0
Note: Mulky coal mined here; pit now full of water.

90. Section exposed in operating strip pit of Kelly-Carter Coal Company, in SW NW sec. 35, T. 26 S., R. 25 E., Bourbon County, Kansas. Described July 4, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
		9.	Clay, dark brown; small (1/4-inch) reddish-orange pellets scattered throughout; base uneven, or may grade imperceptibly into next lower bed; clay characteristically crumbly	1.0-2.0
		8.	Clay, light reddish brown, mottled with gray; plastic when wet; somewhat silty; most prominent foreign material is small fragments of shale, most common at base	5.0-6.0
Pennsylvanian System
Desmoinesian Series--Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Lagonda formation
		7.	Shale, dark gray, weathering light gray to drab; thinly laminated; prominent jointing, joint surfaces weathered, forming dike-like structures; basal 6 to 12 inches darker gray, containing pectinoid clams	21.0
		6.	Limestone, dark gray to black, weathers hematitic red; dense; fossiliferous throughout	0.3-0.4
		5.	Shale, black, hard, fissile; contains flattened shells, principally clams; a coaly zone occurs about 8 inches above the base, reaches a thickness of about 2 inches, but is not persistent, and is not associated with clay	1.3-1.5
		4.	Limestone, dark gray to black; locally represented by thin-bedded limestone and interbedded fossiliferous shale; limestone contains subcylindrical dense limestone masses with veins of calcite; limestone "matrix" is tough, and contains abundant Marginifera muricatina, plus Linoproductus, Mesolobus, and simple corals	1.5-1.7
		3.	Shale, black, fissile; contains zone of dark limestone concretions 6 to 24 inches thick; concretions are lenticular to rounded and are septarian, some containing Linoproductus; shale contains flattened and fragmental shell material, much of it pyritized	4.0
	Bevier formation
		2.	Coal (Bevier), thinly layered; "peacock" coal; contains much calcite in cleats	1.3-1.4
		1.	Clay, dark gray, contains carbonized plant material; very hard	0.5-1.0

91. Section exposed in operating strip pit, in SE SE sec. 28, T. 26 S., R. 25 E., Bourbon County, Kansas. Described June 9, 1949.				Thickness, feet
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
		4.	Clay and gravel	6.0
Pennsylvanian System
Desmoinesian Series--Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Lagonda formation
		3.	Shale, black, and dark, impure limestone; limestone weathers buff, contains Linoproductus, Mesolobus, Marginifera, Neospirifer, and simple corals, and occurs in thin beds; zone of cylindrical concretions of dark dense limestone about 2 feet above base	6.0
	Bevier formation
		2.	Coal (Bevier), hard, bright, blocky	1.3
		1.	Clay, gray, silty; reported thickness	4.0

92. Exposure in road cut at crossroads in NE NW sec. 27, T. 26 S., R. 25 E., Bourbon County, Kansas. Described August 6, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Excello formation
		5.	Shale, black, fissile; abundant lenticular and rounded phosphatic concretions	2.0
	Mulky formation
		4.	Coal (Mulky), weathered	1.5
		3.	Clay, gray, silty; flaky limonitic material in basal 8 inches; upper part contains root impressions	2.0
	Lagonda formation
		2.	Sandstone (Lagonda), drab to gray and brown; fine to medium grained; pectens in lower 6 to 8 inches; single zone, about 18 inches above base and 6 inches thick, is extremely calcareous, containing calcareous masses; rest is thin bedded, slabby, micaceous throughout	3.5
		1.	Shale, "soapstone", prominent joints are altered by ground water, forming "dikes"; exposed	6.0

93. Exposure in strip pit in low-lying area northwest of Garland, in NW SE sec. 26, T. 26 S., R. 25 E., Bourbon County, Kansas. Described July 4, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Lagonda formation
		3.	Shale, basal 1 foot dark gray, upper part leached to gray "soapstone"; clay-ironstone concretions; exposed	5.0-6.0
	Bevier formation
		2.	Coal (Bevier), "peacock" coal; blocky to conchoidal fracture	1.0-1.2
		1.	Clay, dark gray, hard; much mica and carbonaceous material; exposed in floor of strip pit	0.7
Note: Small, deeper stripping adjacent brought up black, fissile shale identified "as that below the Verdigris limestone. Presumably the Croweburg coal was mined here for a short time. Interval from Croweburg coal to Bevier coal estimated to be about 10 feet.

94. Section exposed in creek and adjacent abandoned strip pit in N2 sec. 25, T. 26 S., R. 25 E., Bourbon County, Kansas. Described August 6, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Quaternary System
Pleistocene Series
		7.	Clay, gray, mottled with limonitic brown; contains limonitic rubble at base	3.0-5.0
Pennsylvanian System
Desmoinesian Series--Cherokee group
Cabaniss subgroup
	Lagonda formation
		6.	Shale, black, fissile at base, grading upward into gray shale and clay; upper part leached	3.0
		5.	Siltstone and fine-grained sandstone; gray	4.0
		4.	Shale, black; basal 4 inches fossiliferous, including Neospirifer, Dictyoclostus, and large crinoid columnals; upper part black fissile shale containing sparse clay-ironstone concretions	6.0
		3.	Shale, black, fissile	0.7
	Bevier formation
		2.	Coal (Bevier), estimated thickness	1.4
		1.	Clay, gray, yellow-brown staining along jointing; contains carbonized plant material and roots; clay is darker gray in upper part and contains streaks of coal	2.5

95. Section in operating strip pit, in SW NW sec. 25 ' T. 26 S., R. 25 E., Bourbon County, Kansas. Described July 4, 1948.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Lagonda formation
		4.	Shale and shaly sandstone rubble	2.0
		3.	Shale, lower 10 inches dark gray to black, fossiliferous, grading into gray shale above; contains clay-ironstone concretions	9.0
	Bevier formation
		2.	Coal (Bevier), slightly weathered; contains pyrite along cleats	1.2
		1.	Clay, dark gray, micaceous; contains carbonized plant material; exposed	0.5

96. Exposure in road cut and creek bank in SE SW sec. 4, T. 32 N., R. 33 W., Barton County, Missouri. Described August 2. 1950.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Seville formation
		5.	Limestone (Seville), shaly at base, upper 4 inches massive, brittle; dark gray, weathering to hematitic purple; abundant Marginifera cf. missouriensis, Linoproductus, and crinoid fragments	0.7
	Bluejacket formation
		4.	Clay and shale; horizon of Bluejacket coal at top	2.0
		3.	Sandstone (Bluejacket), massive	6.0
	Dry Wood formation
		2.	Clay, silty, hard; contains plant remains and coal streaks; horizon of Dry Wood coal at top	2.0
		1.	Sand, thin bedded, and siltstone; exposed	5.0
Note: Sandstone and siltstone overlie black shale above bed 5, but these beds are very poorly exposed.

97. Section described from operating strip pit of Mackie-Clemens Coal Company, in SW sec. 18, T. 33 N., R. 33 W., Barton County, Missouri. Described July 7, 1950.				Thickness, feet
Cabaniss subgroup
	Scammon formation
		14.	Sandstone (Chelsea), massive, base unconformable, extending locally down below Tebo coal in NW cor. sec. 24, T. 32 N., R. 33 W.; exposed here	10.0-15.0
		13.	Shale, gray	8.0
		12.	Shale, dark gray, fissile, at base, grading upward to thinly laminated sandstone; thinly laminated sand is variegated dark and light gray, because of abundance of plant material included; upper part is deeply oxidized, and is soft, brick red; plant material abundant, but broken up	11.0
		11.	Zone of clay-ironstone concretions, averaging about 1 foot in diameter	0.2
		10.	Shale, black, fissile	1.2
		9.	Clay-ironstone layer	0.2
		8.	Shale, black, fissile	0.6
		7.	Limestone (Tiawah), dark gray to black, impure, pyritic; forms single ledge	0.4
		6.	Shale, black, fissile, hard; basal part calcareous and fossiliferous, containing Marginifera muricatina; fish scales, orbiculoids, conodonts, and pectinoid clams occur in more fissile, less calcareous part	1.8
	Tebo formation
		5.	Coal (Tebo)	0.5
		4.	Clay, gray, very silty; contains root impressions	3.0-4.0
		3.	Limestone, impure, nonpersistent; unfossiliferous	0.0-0.7
		2.	Shale, gray, silty; lamination at slight angle to plane of coal bed below	14.0-15.0
	Weir formation
		1.	Coal (Weir-Pittsburg)	3.0
Note: Unnamed coal horizon within Scammon formation occurs below bed 13.

98. Exposure in bank of Dry Wood Creek, at point where Missouri State Highway 43 crosses Dry Wood Creek, 4 1/2 miles south of Bronaugh, in Barton County, Missouri. Described June 26, 1950.				Thickness, feet
Krebs subgroup
	Seville formation
		6.	Limestone (Seville), ferruginous, red and gray; fossils include Marginifera cf. missouriensis, Orbiculoidea, Crurithyris, and gastropods	0.3-0.5
	Bluejacket formation
		5.	Clay and shale; contains thin coal or coal horizon (Bluejacket) in upper part	1.0-2.0
		4.	Sandstone (Bluejacket), massive, cross-bedded; "blister" conglomerate at base; asphaltic	6.0-8.0
	Dry Wood formation
		3.	Shale and clay; contains horizon of Dry Wood coal at top	0.2-0.5
		2.	Clay, sandy; represents leached upper portion of bed below	1.5
		1.	Sandstone and siltstone, thin bedded; considerable carbonaceous material	7.0

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