KGS--Johnson and Miami Counties--Sections, Johnson Co.

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Detailed Sections, Johnson County

1. Section at highway bridge at east edge of Holliday, Kansas		Feet
Chanute shale, covered
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, whitish to buff, thin-bedded, wavy at the middle, massive at top and base, contains Campophyllum torquium and Marginifera sp.	10.5
Quivira shale:
	Shale, greenish, argillaceous, thin carbonaceous zone three feet from the top	11.0
Westerville limestone:
	Shale, gray, and interbedded thin, argillaceous limestone beds	9.0
	Limestone, drab, oolitic, very fossiliferous	1.5
	Shale, gray, limy	1.0
	Limestone, drab, oolitic, massive, cross-bedded, fossiliferous, lenticular, about	1.5
	Shale, gray, limy	0.2
	Limestone, dark gray, hard, massive, pyritiferous, veined with dark gray calcite, base covered	2+

2. On road, middle of east edge sec. 12, T. 12 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Stanton limestone:
	Captain Creek limestone member:
		Limestone, white, makes bench, mostly covered.
Vilas shale:
		Shale, light buff, arenaceous	10.0
		Sandstone, soft, buff	5.5
		Sandstone, gray, hard, "quartzitic" above, and buff, soft, cross-bedded below	5.5
		Shale, bluish-gray, arenaceous	4.5
(Total Vilas shale, 25.5 feet)
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, brown, soft, ferruginous	5.0
		Limestone, gray, granular	2.0
		Limestone, gray, dense above, and buff, thin-bedded below	5.5
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, buff, ferruginous	0.5
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, granular, even, blocky	1.5
		Limestone, drab, Osagia-Myalina ampla zone	1.0
		Limestone, buff, contains many Osagia and Composita	0.6
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 16.1 feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, olive-green, argillaceous	6.0
		Shale, maroon, argillaceous	0.5
		Shale, covered.

3. On road, center sec. 7, T. 12 S., R. 24 E.			Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
		Limestone, mainly covered.
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, bluish-gray, limy	1.0
		Shale, buff, limy	3.0
		Shale, olive-gray, argillaceous	5.0
		Shale, maroon, argillaceous	0.5
		Shale, greenish-gray, argillaceous	15.0
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 24.5 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
	Farley limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, thin-bedded	9.5
		Shale, gray, argillaceous	4.0
		Limestone, bluish, hard, massive, buff at top	6.0
(Total Farley limestone member, 19.5)
	Island Creek shale member:
		Shale, argillaceous, greenish	6.0
	Argentine limestone member:
		Limestone, drab, cross-bedded, oolitic	2.0
		Limestone, whitish, wavy-bedded, cherty, crystalline, base covered	15+

4. Railroad cut, NW cor. De Soto, composite section			Feet
Stanton limestone formation:
	Eudora shale member, covered
	Captain Creek limestone member:
		Limestone, whitish, massive, even-bedded, contains zone of Enteletes pugnoides	5.0
Vilas shale:
		Shale, mostly covered	20.0
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, even-bedded, cherty, fossiliferous, poorly exposed	25.0
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous	1.5
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray, blocky, fine-grained	2.0
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 28.5 feet)
Bonner Springs equivalent:
		Limestone, whitish, cross-bedded, oOlitic	5.8
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, whitish, crystalline, massive, even-bedded, fossiliferous, bases covered	16+

5. On road, one fourth mile east of the NW cor. sec. 10, T. 12 S., R. 24 E.			Feet
Vilas shale, covered.
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, drab, massive, granular, soft, contains spines of Echinocrinus spp.	1.5
		Limestone, gray, hard, even, thin-bedded, contains zone of Enteletes hemiplicatus var. and Marginifera wabashensis	3.0
		Limestone, buff, soft	2.0
		Shale, buff, ferruginous	0.2
		Limestone, buff, soft	1.5
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, black, carbonaceous	0.2
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, drab, massive, contains Pinna sp., Myalina ampla, Osagia sp., and Composita sp.	2.0
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 10.4 feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, upper part covered, lower part greenish-buff, arenaceous, contains a few plant fossils	30.0
Wyandotte limestone:
	Farley limestone member:
		Limestone, drab, massive, hard, weathers into thin laminae	2.0
		Shale, greenish-buff, arenaceous, micaceous, zone of limonite concretions near the middle	10.0
		Limestone, gray and buff, massive, upper part dark gray, suboolitic, lower part even-bedded, contains Composita subtilita	5.0
(Total Farley limestone member, 17.0)
	Island Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray to buff, argillaceous, zone of rhomboporoids at the top	12.0

6. Quarry, SE cor. sec. 1, T. 12 S., R. 24 E.			Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
	Island Creek shale member, covered.
	Argentine limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, rather thin-bedded wavy, fine-grained, some chert nodules, base covered	23+

7. On the road, starting at bridge, one fourth mile west of the center of the east side sec. 6, T. 12 S., R. 25 E.			Feet
Lane shale:
		Shale, buff and gray, argillaceous, covered
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, buff, hard, ferruginous	1.0
		Limestone, buff and gray, dense, zone of productids	2.0
		Limestone, dark-gray, brecciated, hard, with coarse crystals of calcite	2.0
		Shale, buff, argillaceous	0.7
		Limestone, drab, argillaceous	0.5
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, dark gray, platy, contains phosphatic spherical nodules	0.5
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, dark-bluish, lithographic, contains abundant "marklets," massive, blocky	1.5
		Limestone, gray, granular	0.3
(Total Iola limestone, 8.5 feet)
Chanute shale:
		Shale, buff, arenaceous, mostly covered	23.0
Drum limestone:
		Limestone, whitish, thin-bedded, wavy, hard, weathers light brown, base covered	5+

8. Quarry, west of mad, one fourth mile north of the center of north edge sec. 4, T. 12 S., R. 25 E.		Feet
Lane shale, covered.
Iola limestone:
	Limestone, brownish, brecciated, mostly covered, forms bench
Chanute shale:
	Shale, covered, gray and buff, argillaceous, to top of Iola bench	30-
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, buff, massive, granular, cross-bedded, fossiliferous	1.2
	Shale, buff, limy	0.3
	Limestone, thin-bedded, wavy, whitish to drab, shaly at top with zone of Composita sp. and bryozoans	8.5
(Total Drum limestone, 10.0 feet)
Quivira shale:
	Shale, olive, argillaceous	3.0
	Shale, black, carbonaceous, fissile, soft	0.8
	Shale, olive, contains small nodules of brown limestone	4.0
(Total Quivira shale, 7.8 feet)
Westerville limestone:
	Limestone, buff, nodular, soft	2.0
	Limestone, gray, mottled brown, massive, dense, lower part covered	4+

9. Kill Creek bridge, one half mile east of De Soto on the highway			Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, forms bench
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, contains Worthenia tabulata?	20.0
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish, lithographic, brittle, contains Cancrinella boonerwis and Heterocoelia beedei	1.0
Bonner Springs equivalent:
		Limestone breccia, soft, and shale, covered	9.0
Wyandotte limestone:
	Farley limestone member:
		Limestone, drab, massive, soft, suboolitic, obscurely cross-bedded; largely composed of fossil fragments, contains a faunule of nautiloids at the base	11.0
		Limestone, whitish, massive, even-bedded, fossiliferous	5.0
	Island Creek shale member:
		Shale, bluish-gray, exposed at water's edge	1+

10. Center of west edge sec. 17, T. 12 S., R. 24 E.			Feet
Vilas shale:
		Shale, and buff micaceous sandstone, covered
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, gray and brown, mostly covered	6.0
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray	0.5
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, drab, zone of Osagia and Myalina ampla	1.0
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 7.5 feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, olive, argillaceous	2.0
		Limestone, nodular, argillaceous, brown, "marlite"	0.2
		Shale, greenish, with a thin bluish streak, argillaceous	4.0
		Shale, brown, arenaceous	20.0
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 26.2 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
	Farley limestone member:
		Limestone, dark-bluish, hard, thin-bedded, contains Enteletes hemiplicatus var.	8.0
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous	4.0
		Limestone, brown, nodular, spongy, "marlite"	1.0
		Shale, maroon, argillaceous	0.5
		Shale, greenish-buff, limy	5.0
		Limestone, blue, hard, massive	2.0
(Total Farley limestone member, 20.5)
	Island Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray to buff, arenaceous, zone of rhomboporoids at the top	15.6
	Argentine limestone member:
		Limestone, whitish, cherty, covered.

11. Center west edge sec. 20, T. 12 S., R. 24 E.			Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
		Limestone, gray and brown, mostly covered, upper part eroded away	5+
		Shale; gray	0.5
		Limestone, drab, zone of Osagia and Myalina ampla, blocky, even	1.0
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, greenish-gray, limy	4.0
		Limestone, brownish, nodular, spongy, "marlite"	0.5
		Shale, maroon, argillaceous	0.7
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous	16.0
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 21.2 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
	Farley limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray, massive, granular	5.0
		Shale, buff and greenish-gray, argillaceous, with 6 inches of maroon clay below the middle, underlying a thin, ferruginous limy layer	12.0
		Limestone, bluish at the top, dark gray, weathers buff, massive, granular, contains Osagia	4.5
(Total Farley limestone member, 21.5)
	Island Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, arenaceous, platy, zone of rhomboporoids at the top	13.0
	Argentine limestone member:
		Limestone, upper layer dark gray, hard, granular, contains Osagia, base covered	2+

12. Railroad cut, one half mile south of Craig, center west edge sec. 36, T. 12 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
	Argentine-Frisbie members:
		Limestone, mostly covered
Lane shale:
		Shale, buff and bluish-gray, platy soft	25+

13. On road, middle of south edge sec. 25, T. 12 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Vilas shale:
		Shale, light-buff, arenaceous, mostly eroded	8+
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, brown and gray, mostly covered	8+
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous	0.5
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, drab, massive, even, blocky, zone of Osagia and Myalina ampla, contains productids	2.0
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 10.5 feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous	4.0
		Limestone, brownish, nodular, spongy, "marlite"	0.5
		Shale, maroon, argillaceous	0.5
		Sandstone and sandy shale, buff, micaceous	4.0
		Shale, greenish-gray, argillaceous	6.0
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 15.0 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
	Farley limestone member:
		Limestone, dark-gray, suboolitic, massive, even-bedded, weathers into thin laminae	11.0
		Shale, covered, about	3.0
		Limestone, dark gray, blocky, massive, dense, brittle, even-bedded, chert nodules rare	7.0
(Total Farley limestone member, 21.0)
	Island Creek shale member:
		Shale, mostly covered, gray, argillaceous	7.0
	Argentine limestone member:
		Limestone, light gray, thin-bedded, wavy, cherty, dark and granular at the top, base covered	15+

14. From railroad track over bluff to highway, east of the center of sec. 25, T. 12 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
		Limestone, buff, even-bedded, upper part mostly covered, blocky even layer at base	10+
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, buff, limy	2.0
		Shale, maroon, argillaceous	0.1
		Shale, yellowish-brown, nodular, limy	7.0
		Shale, maroon, argillaceous	0.5
		Shale, gray, covered	33.0
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 42.6 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
	Farley limestone member:
		Limestone, gray to pinkish, massive, crystalline, even-bedded	16.0
		Shale, buff, argillaceous	4.0
		Limestone, gray, massive, about	6.0
(Total Farley limestone member, 26.0)
	Island Creek shale member:
		Shale, covered, greenish, argillaceous	4.0
	Argentine-Frisbie members:
		Limestone, light gray, thin-bedded, massive at top and base, cherty	28.0
(Total Wyandotte limestone, 58.0 feet)
Lane shale:
		Shale, olive-gray to buff, argillaceous	45.0
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, buff, evenly bedded, fossiliferous, massive	5.0
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray at top with phosphatic nodules, black, fissile below	2.0
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, dense, bluish-gray, covered.

15. West end of bridge, center of the north edge sec. 13, T. 13 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Stanton limestone:
	Captain Creek limestone member:
		Limestone, white to gray, fine-grained, zone of Enteletes pugnoides, partly eroded	4+
Vilas shale:
		Shale, gray to light buff, arenaceous, micaceous. An eight-inch bed of hard sandstone occurs near the top	13.0
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, weathers buff, massive, argillaceous, weathers into thin, wavy laminae, zone of Composita sp. at the top	4.9
		Shale, buff	0.1
		Limestone, massive, granular	2.0
		Shale, gray	0.2
		Limestone, gray, streaked with buff, hard, brittle, zone of Enteletes hemiplicatus var. and Marginifera wabashensis near the middle	4.9
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray and buff	0.3
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, blocky, very fine-grained	1.0
		Limestone, drab, granular, massive, zone of Osagia and Myalina ampla, Composita sp, at the base	2.0
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 15.4 feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, mostly covered, greenish-gray, argillaceous	21.0
Wyandotte limestone.

16. On road, starting north of the SE cor. sec. 35, T. 12 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Plattsburg limestone, remnant
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, covered, greenish-gray, argillaceous	26.0
Wyandotte limestone:
	Farley limestone member:
		Limestone and shale, partly covered, upper part is dark gray, massive limestone and weathers in thin laminae, lower part crystalline, drab, fragmental	23.0
	Island Creek shale member:
		Shale, greenish-gray, argillaceous	3.0
	Argentine limestone member:
		Limestone, whitish, hard, wavy, massive at top, becoming ferruginous at the base, cherty	11.0
	Quindaro shale member:
		Shale, greenish-gray, argillaceous	1.0
	Frisbie limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, massive, dense, evenly-bedded	4.0
(Total Wyandotte limestone, 42.0 feet)
Lane shale:
		Shale, olive and argillaceous above, buff and arenaceous below, base covered	17+

17. On road, center sec. 12, T. 13 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Stanton limestone:
	Captain Creek limestone member:
		Limestone; weathered remnant, zone of Enteles pugnoides
Vilas shale:
		Shale, grayish-buff, arenaceous, about	20.0
Plattsburg limestone:
		Limestone, poorly exposed, basal layer blocky and oolitic with Osagia	10.0±
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, not well exposed, buff, arenaceous, micaceous	12.0
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, poorly exposed, whitish, hard, upper part crystalline, lower part cherty, irregular	39.0
Lane shale, covered.

18. Southeast cor. sec. 7, T. 13 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Plattsburg limestone.
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, buff, arenaceous, poorly exposed	12.0
Wyandotte limestone:
	Farley limestone member:
		Limestone, thin-bedded, wavy, crystalline, pitted with brown, ferruginous inclusions	17.0
	Island Creek shale member:
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous	2.0
	Argentine-Frisbie members:
		Limestone, white and gray, massive, hard, wavy, thin-bedded at the middle, cherty, upper layer dark bluish, granular	27.5
(Total Wyandotte limestone, 46.5 feet)
Lane shale:
		Shale, buff and gray, mostly argillaceous, some arenaceous material, blocky	44.0
Iola limestone:
		Limestone, gray, massive, mostly covered

19. On road, by bridge, SW cor. sec. 20, T. 13 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Vilas shale.
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, brown and gray, covered	6.0
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Limestone, yellowish-brown, ferruginous, shaly	0.5
		Shale, grayish-buff, argillaceous	0.3
		Shale, brown, limy, ferruginous	0.2
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, massive, Block, dense, large "worm-borings"	1.3
		Shale, gray; argillaceous	0.2
		Limestone, drab, blocky, hard, in two layers, zone of Osagia	1.5
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 10.0 feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, greenish, mostly covered, argillaceous in upper part	37.0
Wyandotte limestone:
	Farley limestone member:
		Limestone, whitish, crystalline, thin-bedded, more massive at the top, fragmental, brecciated, somewhat cherty, abundant brown limonite inclusions	16.0
	Island Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous	2.0
	Argentine limestone member:
		Limestone, drab to bluish-gray, massive, suboolitic, contains silicified Fistulipora sp., Myalina ampla, Allorisma sp.	2.0
		Limestone, whitish to buff, thin-bedded and wavy, becoming massive and coarsely crystalline below the middle, again thin-bedded below, rather brittle and shattered throughout where not massive	22.0
	Quindaro shale member:
		Shale, limy, buff	5.5
	Frisbie limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, dense, very massive, in one layer	3.0
(Total Wyandotte limestone, 50.5 feet)
Lane shale:
		Shale, gray and buff, argillaceous, partly covered	40.0
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, ferruginous, soft, massive at the top, and in descending order, buff thinly laminated; gray, massive, granular, zone of productids; gray, shattery	6.0
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, upper one foot gray clay, with phosphatic nodules, lower seven inches hard, black, platy shale	1.6
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish, dense, contains "marklets"	1.0
(Total Iola limestone, 8.6 feet)
Chanute shale.

20. North of the middle of each side sec. 28, T. 13 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Stanton limestone:
	Olathe limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish, thin-bedded, weathers buff, partly eroded	10+
	Eudora shale member:
		Shale, argillaceous, olive-green, a thin carbonaceous layer near the base	6.0
	Captain Creek limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, at top dense, blue and pink, siliceous; below, bluish-gray, finely granular, contains zone of Enteletes pugnoides and a few Osagia	5.0
Vilas shale:
		Shale, light-buff, faintly greenish, arenaceous, mostly covered, base covered	16+

21. Road cut, west side of east branch of Cedar Creek, center south edge sec. 29, T. 13 So, R. 23 E.			Feet
Stanton limestone:
	Captain Creek limestone member:
		Limestone remnant, dark gray, fine-grained, zone of Enteletes pugnoides
Vilas shale:
		Shale, grayish-buff, arenaceous	11.0
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, drab, granular, massive	4.0
		Limestone, gray, dense, hard, even-bedded, zone of Enteletes hemiplicatus var. and Marginifera wabashensis	3.0
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Limestone, ferruginous, shaly	1.0
		Shale, dark greenish-gray, argillaceous	0.2
		Limestone, ochery, argillaceous, soft	1.0
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray, dense, blocky	0.7
		Limestone, dark gray, fine-grained, blocky, zone of Osagia and Myalina ampla	0.8
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 10.7 feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, buff, arenaceous, micaceous	1.5
		Shale, dark-gray, argillaceous	1.0
		Shale, limy, brown, nodular, "marlite"	3.0
		Shale, greenish-gray, argillaceous	5.5
		Shale, buff, arenaceous	16.0
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 27.0 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
	Farley limestone member:
		Limestone, brown or buff, drab when fresh, pinkish at top, thin-bedded, granular	5.0
		Shale, yellowish, argillaceous and limy	0.2
		Limestone, drab, thin-bedded, Schizostoma catilloides	5.5
		Limestone, light-gray, massive, finely crystalline, with large crystals of calcite, abundant brown inclusions of limonite, fragmental	5.5
		Limestone, drab, massive, dense, fossiliferous	5.5
(Total Farley limestone member, 21.7)
	Island Creek shale member:
		Shale, bluish-gray, argillaceous, fossiliferous	2.0
	Argentine limestone member:
		Limestone, buff, upper part thin-bedded, wavy, cherty, Myalina ampla in granular dark layer near the top, lower part irregular, massive, pinkish to white	23.0
	Quindaro shale member:
		Shale, buff to gray, hard, limy; carbonaceous at base	4.0
	Frisbie limestone member:
		Limestone, buff, fragmental, shaly	0.5
		Limestone, gray, massive, dense, even-bedded	2.0
(Total Wyandotte limestone, 53.2 feet)
Lane shale.

22. Road cut, west side of west branch of Cedar Creek, east of the center of south edge of sec. 30, T. 13 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Vilas shale:
		Shale, buff, arenaceous, covered
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, mostly covered	5.0
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, greenish-gray, argillaceous	0.2
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, blocky, fine-grained, large "worm-borings"	1.0
		Limestone, gray to white, oolitic, zone of Myalina ampla and Osagia	2.5
		Limestone, brown, contains Myalina ampla, Juresania nebraskensis, and Composita sp.	2.0
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 10.7 feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous, covered, contains ferruginous, limy "marlite" zone	2.0
		Shale, maroon, argillaceous	1.0
		Shale, buff and arenaceous below, greenish and argillaceous above	16.5
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 19.5 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
	Farley limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, dense, even-bedded, blue and pink at the top, siliceous	5.0
		Shale, greenish-gray, argillaceous	1.0
		Limestone, granular, drab, thin-bedded	5.5
		Limestone, light drab, crystalline, brown limonite inclusions, cherty near the middle, fossiliferous	5.5
(Total Farley limestone member, 17.0)
	Island Creek shale member:
		Shale, buff and gray, argillaceous, fossiliferous	2.0
	Argentine limestone member:
		Limestone, whitish, irregularly bedded, cherty, base covered	20+

23. At creek, NW cor. sec. 10, T. 14 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Stanton limestone:
	Olathe limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, thin-bedded, wavy, chert rare, crystalline, upper part eroded	8+
	Eudora shale member:
		Shale, greenish-gray, argillaceous, thin carbonaceous zone near the base	11.0
	Captain Creek limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, weathers white, massive, even-bedded, zone of Enteletes pugnoides, upper part brecciated, pink and blue, mottled, siliceous	5.5
Vilas shale:
		Shale, light buff, arenaceous	15.0
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, drab and gray, mostly covered	9.0
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, yellow, limy, ferruginous	0.2
		Shale, black, carbonaceous	0.2
		Shale, yellow, limy, ferruginous	0.2
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, dense, even, blocky, contains "worm-borings"	1.0
		Shale, gray, limy	0.1
		Limestone, drab, blocky, zone of Osagia and Myalina ampla	1.0
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 11.7 feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous	1.6
		Shale, dark gray, carbonaceous	1.0
		Shale, greenish-buff, arenaceous, "marlite" at top	5.0
		Sandstone, greenish-buff, micaceous, base covered	1+

24. Road cut west of center north edge sec. 32, T. 13 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Stanton limestone:
	Captain Creek limestone member:
		Limestone, gray and buff, zone of Enteletes pugnoides, eroded
Vilas shale:
		Shale, grayish-buff, arenaceous	12.0
Plattsburg limestone:
		Limestone, buff and gray, even-bedded, oolitic near the top below a Composita sp, bed, lower part covered, zone of Enteletes hemiplicatus var, plattsburgensis near the middle	25 ±
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, mostly covered, greenish, argillaceous at top, arenaceous in lower part, contains plant fossils	22.0
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, upper surface shown

25. On road, south of the NW cor. sec. 22, T. 13 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Stanton limestone:
	Captain Creek limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray, weathers buff, "sugary" texture, blocky and even-bedded, contains Enteletes pugnoides, partly eroded	4+
Vilas shale:
		Shale, grayish-buff, arenaceous, faint greenish tint	14.0
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, drab, granular, massive above, thin-bedded and even below, cherty, weathers buff and brown, zone of Enteletes hemiplicatus var. plattsburgensis and Marginifera wabashensis at the middle	6.5
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, buff to yellow, ferruginous	0.7
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, massive, gray, blocky, hard, contains "worm-borings,"	2.0
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 9.2 feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, covered	21.0
Wyandotte limestone.

26. Middle east edge sec. 14, T. 13 S., R. 22 E., west of schoolhouse			Feet
Vilas shale.
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, brown and buff, thin-bedded except at top, contains Triticites irregularis, Enteletes hemiplicatus var. plattsburgensis, Marginifera wabashensis	5.5
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, greenish-buff, argillaceous	0.3
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, hard, blocky, fine-grained	1.0
		Limestone, drab, blocky, contains Osagia	2.0
		Limestone, drab, oolitic, Osagia	1.0
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 9.8 feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, greenish-buff, argillaceous	1.0
		Shale, buff, marly	2.0
		Shale, maroon, argillaceous	1.0
		Shale, greenish, covered	29.0
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 33.0 feet)
Wyandotte limestone.

27. East bluff of Kill Creek, Penner's ford, three fifths of a mile west of NE cor. sec. 4, T. 13 S., R. 22 E., on road			Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
		Limestone, upper part brownish, cherty, covered, lower part (Merriam) gray, even-bedded with upper layer bluish, brittle, siliceous, containing "worm-borings," Heliospongia ramosa and Heterocoelia beedei	10+
		Limestone, shaly, brown	1.0
		Limestone, brown, soft	1.0
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, buff, limy	1.0
		Conglomerate, cross-bedded, yellow and gray limestone pebbles in a matrix of dark gray, granular limestone, very fossiliferous, Aviculopecten n. sp., Myalina sp., Hypselentoma perhumerosa	5.0
		Shale, greenish-gray, argillaceous, sandy at places	25.0
		Limestone, drab, thinly cross-bedded, coarsely granular, unfossilliferous	8.0
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, mostly covered	14.0
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 53.0 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
	Farley limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, massive, cross-bedded, composed of fossil fragments, weathers drab to brown, contains numerous nautiloids, base covered	10+

28. Middle south edge sec. 24, T. 13 S., R. 21 E.			Feet
Stranger sandstone:
		Shale, buff, arenaceous, remnant
Stanton limestone:
	Little Kaw limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish, even-bedded, brittle, fine-grained, Cancrinella boonensis, Composita sp., algal "marklets"	1.0
		Shale, buff, arenaceous, and sandstone	3.0
		Limestone, platy, in thin, even laminae, peculiar light gray, chalky appearance	1.0
(Total Little Kaw limestone member, 5.0)
	Victory Junction shale member:
		Sandstone, reddish-brown, micaceous, fossiliferous	3.0
	Olathe limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, thin-bedded, wavy, crystalline, more dense at the top, weathers gray except near the base, which is buff, contains Aviculopecten sp., Triticites secalicus (robust variety), Marginifera wabashensis	11.5
	Eudora shale member:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous	3.0
		Shale, black, carbonaceous, fissile	1.5
		Shale, covered	1.5
(Total Eudora shale member, 6.0)
	Captain Creek limestone member:
		Limestone; dark gray, finely granular, siliceous, zone of Enteletes pugnoides	2+

29. At bridge, two tenths of a mile south of SW cor. sec. 33, T. 15 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Vilas shale.
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, buff, thin-bedded, partly covered	6.0
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, blocky, hard, "worm-borings"	1.0
		Shale, gray, argillaceous	0.2
		Limestone, light-gray, oolitic, thin-bedded, zone of Osagia and Myalina ampla	3.5
		Limestone, dark gray, blocky, crystalline, contains many Composita sp.	0.7
		Limestone, granular, contains Osagia	1.5
(Total Merriam limestone member, 6.9)
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 12.9 feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous, brown limestone nodules in the upper part	9.0
		Sandstone, gray and buff, thin-bedded, and micaceous	5.5
		Limestone, arenaceous, cross-bedded, fossiliferous	5.0
		Shale, covered	6.0
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 25.5 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, whitish, wavy-bedded, fossiliferous, base covered	10+

30. At bridge, ane tenth of a mile north of SW cor. sec. 35, T. 15 S., R. 22 E.		Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, whitish, massive, crystalline with a fine ground mass, weathers brown with a pitted surface, upper part eroded	23+
Lane shale:
	Shale, bluish and buff, arenaceous, base covered	12+
Vilas shale.

31. Road cut, NE cor. sec. 17, T. 15 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, brown, massive	3.0
		Limestone, light-gray, oolitic	3.0
		Limestone, bluish-gray, thin-bedded, cherty in the upper part	4.0
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, dense, blocky, "worm-borings" at the top	1.0
		Limestone, drab, Myalina ampla-Osagia zone, Composita sp. abundant at base	1.0
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 12.0 feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous, soft	2.0
		Limestone, brown, nodular, "spongy," marlite	1.0
		Shale, maroon, argillaceous, streaked with vertical veins of ocher clay	3.0
		Sandstone, buff, micaceous with some buff sandy shale at the top	7.0
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 13.0 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
		Limestone, massive, gray, bluish at the top, hard, lower part covered	7+

32. Railroad cut at Spring Hill, SE cor. sec. 14, T. 15 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Vilas shale.
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, drab, granular, weathers buff	1.8
		Shale, gray and brown, limy	0.2
		Limestone, drab, soft, argillaceous, fossiliferous, weathers buff	1.0
		Limestone, bluish-gray and buff, massive, granular, composed largely of minute fossil fragments, numerous thin, wavy streaks of carbonaceous limestone, Composita zone at top	4.0
		Limestone, drab, massive, oolitic, fossil fragments	1.3
		Shale, gray, limy	0.2
		Limestone, drab, dense	0.6
		Limestone, drab, hard, massive, wavy carbonaceous streaks, zone of Enteletes hemiplicatus var. plattsburgensis and Marginifera wabashensis, base covered	3+

33. Road cut, center sec. 30, T. 14 S., R. 25 E.			Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
	Farley limestone member:
		Limestone, partly eroded, gray, hard, wavy-bedded	27+
	Island Creek shale member:
		Shale, covered, about	2.0
	Argentine-Quindaro members:
		Limestone, whitish, massive, crystalline, irregularly bedded, cherty at top	16.0
		Limestone, yellowish-brown, weathers massive, drab	20.0
	Frisbie limestone member:
		Limestone, whitish to buff, massive, crystalline, soft, brown solution pits	3.0
Lane shale:
		Shale, buff and gray, argillaceous, uniform	27.5
Iola limestone:
		Limestone, gray, massive, blocky, weathers buff, bottom part covered

34. Road cut, SE cor. sec. 24, T. 14 S., R. 24 E.		Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
Lane shale:
	Shale, olive to gray, argillaceous, mostly covered	22.0
Iola limestone:
	Limestone, upper part exposed, evenly bedded, gray, fine-grained, upper layer gray to white and crystalline, base covered	6+

35. Near bridge, SE cor. sec. 16, T. 14 S., R. 24 E.		Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
	Limestone, brown and gray, even-bedded, mostly covered
Bonner Springs shale:
	Shale, buff and gray, argillaceous, mostly covered	20+

36. On road; one fourth mile west ofNE cor. sec. 19, T. 14 S., R. 25 E.			Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
	Farley limestone member:
		Limestone, white to bluish-gray, lower part very crystalline, "fragmental," Juresania nebraskensis and Marginifera sp, abundant, lower one and one half feet blocky and even	19.0
	Island Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, limy, fenestrated bryozoans abundant	6.0
	Argentine limestone member:
		Limestone, light-gray, wavy-bedded, massive, except near the middle, where it is thin-bedded, fine-grained	38+

37. On road, SE cor. sec. 10, T. 14 S., S. 25 E.			Feet
Wyandotte limestone.
Lane shale:
		Shale, grayish to buff, argillaceous	22.0
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, evenly-bedded, gray, crystalline, more thin-beded below	4.5
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, with phosphate nodules	0.2
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, dark bluish-gray, lithographic, blocky, contains abundant "marklets" and some worm-borings	1.5
		Limestone, dark-gray, granular	0.3
(Total Iola limestone, 6.5 feet)
Chanute shale:
		Shale, buff, argillaceous	4.0
		Sandstone, buff, micaceous, soft	0.7
		Shale, bluish-gray and buff, arenaceous, carbonaceous streak near the top with Neuropteris and Cordaites	15.0
		"Marlite," greenish-brown, nodular, spongy	1.0
		Shale, maroon, flaky, argillaceous	5.0
		Shale, olive, argillaceous; small calcareous nodules	6.0
(Total Chanute shale, 31.7 feet)
Drum limestone:
		Limestone, gray, upper surface gray, blocky
Quivira shale, covered
Westerville limestone, covered
		Covered interval, to top of Drum limestone about	12±
Wea shale:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, top and base covered	32+

38. On road, SE cor. sec. 34, T. 13 S., R. 25 E.		Feet
Chanute shale:
	Shale, brownish and buff, micaceous, arenaceous, upper part eroded	17+
	Shale, maroon, argillaceous, flaky	4.0
	Shale, olive, argillaceous, about	1.0
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, buff, thin-bedded, gray, massive at the base and top	5.0
Quivira shale:
	Shale, olive, calcareous, and argillaceous	4.0
Westerville limestone:
	Limestone, dark-gray, massive, dense	4.5
Wea shale:
	Shale, argillaceous, gray and buff, lower part covered	11+
Lane shale.

39. On road, NE cor. sec. 34, T. 13 S., R. 25 E.			Feet
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, weathers buff, massive, even-bedded, zone of large productids near the top	5.5
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, contains numerous phosphatic concretions	0.2
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, dark bluish-gray, lithographic, "marklets" abundant, blocky	1.0
(Total Iola limestone, 6.7 feet)
Chanute shale:
		Shale, limy, fossiliferous	1.0
		Shale, buff, arenaceous, lower part covered	15+

40. On road, SW cor. sec. 15, T. 13 S., R. 25 E.		Feet
Lane shale.
Iola limestone:
	Limestone, poorly exposed, gray and blocky above and lithographic, bluish, brittle below, with abundant algal "marklets,"	7.0
Chanute shale:
	Shale, gray, argillaceous, mostly covered, layer of maroon shale near base	22.0
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, gray, massive, irregularly bedded, weathers drab and buff	10.0
Quivira shale:
	Shale, gray, limy	2.0
Westerville limestone:
	Limestone, massive, drab, base covered	4.0
Wea shale:
	Shale, bluish-gray, argillaceous, base covered	30.5
Block limestone:
	Limestone, buff, Chonetina zone at base, probably represents only basal block	0.5
Fontana shale:
	Shale, gray, argillaceous, base covered	6+

41. On road, center of east edge sec. 21, T. 13 S., R. 25 E.		Feet
Chanute shale:
	Shale, brown, arenaceous above, maroon and olive near base, mostly covered	25+
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, gray, weathers buff, massive, irregularly bedded, base covered	7±
Quivira shale:
	Shale, upper part maroon, lower half olive, nodular, limy, upper contact covered	4±
Westerville limestone:
	Limestone, drab, massive, weathers platy, base covered	5+

42. On road, one fourth mile north of SW cor. sec. 7, T. 13 S., R. 25 E.		Feet
Plattsburg limestone.
Bonner Springs shale:
	Shale and sandstone, mostly covered	28.0
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, mostly covered	22.0
	Limestone, gray, massive, even-bedded	5.5
Lane shale:
	Shale, buff to gray, argillaceous, some sand	27.0
Iola limestone:
	Limestone, dark-gray, blocky, hard, only the upper surface exposed

43. On road, SW cor. sec. 4, T. 13 S., R. 25 E.		Feet
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, gray, thin-bedded, hard, cherty at top, contains Campophyllum torquium	6+
Quivira shale:
	Shale, upper part greenish with a thin carbonaceous, fissile layer, lower part buff with a brown marlite layer	10.5
Westerville limestone:
	Limestone, drab, massive, hard, makes a bench

44. On road, near center sec. 14, T. 13 S., R, 22 E.			Feet
Stanton limestone:
	Captain Creek limestone member:
		Limestone, dark-gray, blocky, zone of Enteletes pugnoides, upper part eroded	3+
Vilas shale:
		Shale, light-buff, arenaceous	16.5
Plattsburg limestone.

45. On road, NE cor. sec. 23, T. 13 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
		Limestone, upper part brown, massive, even-bedded, contains Enteletes hemiplicatus var., lower beds blocky, even, poorly exposed	10+

46. On road, SW cor. sec. 14, T. 12 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
	Farley limestone and Island Creek shale members, covered.
	Argentine limestone member:
		Limestone, white, massive, wavy, cherty	11.0
	Quindaro shale member:
		Limestone, buff, thin-bedded, shattered, shaly	5.0
	Frisbie limestone member:
		Limestone, whitish, massive, dense	5.5
Lane shale.

47. Center west edge sec. 5, T. 12 S., R. 24 E., quarry at Quivira			Feet
Plattsburg limestone.
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous and buff, sandy, covered	27.5
Wyandotte limestone:
	Farley limestone member:
		Limestone, gray and brown, brittle, massive	6.5
		Shale, gray, argillaceous	10.0
		Limestone, light-gray, covered

48. North edge sec. 5, T. 12 S., R. 24 E., at north end of Quivira Lake, beneath the dam		Feet
Chanute shale.
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, gray to whitish, thin-bedded and wavy, shaly at the top, contains Campophyllum torquium	12.0
Quivira shale:
	Shale, covered, includes shaly part of Westerville	13.0
Westerville limestone:
	Limestone, covered	2.0
	Limestone, drab, fossiliferous	0.3
	Shale, gray, calcareous, fossiliferous	1.0
	Limestone, drab, oolitic, cross-bedded	2.0
	Shale, gray, limy	0.2
	Limestone, gray, argillaceous, fossiliferous, base covered	3+

49. Bluff west of Quivira Lake, sec. 5, T. 12 S., R. 24 E.			Feet
Plattsburg limestone, covered.
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, covered, about	18.0
		Conglomerate, drab, weathers buff, thin-bedded	4.0
		Shale, buff, argillaceous	4.0
Wyandotte limestone:
	Farley limestone member:
		Limestone, drab, massive, dense and bluish-gray at base	7.0
		Shale, buff, somewhat arenaceous	11.0
		Limestone, brown, thin-bedded, covered, makes bench
	Island Creek shale member:
		Shale, covered; from top of limestone above to top of Argentine	11±
Argentine limestone

50. On road, one fourth mile south of NW cor. sec. 9, T. 13 S., R. 25 E.			Feet
Lane shale.
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, massive, even-bedded, contains Marginifera sp. and Heliospongia ramosa	5.0
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray and buff, limy, contains Chonetes sp, and ellipsoidal phosphatic nodules	0.7
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, dark, bluish-gray, lithographic, blocky, brittle, contains abundant algal "marklets"	1.5
(Total Iola limestone, 7.2 feet)
Chanute shale:
		Shale, buff, partly covered, argillaceous, platy at top	20.0
		Shale, maroon, platy, argillaceous	1.0
		Shale, olive, platy, argillaceous	1.0
(Total Chanute shale, 22.0 feet)
Drum limestone:
		Limestone, light-gray, thin-bedded, wavy, cherty near the top, Campophyllum torquium zone at the top	9.0
Quivira shale:
		Shale, olive, limy, carbonaceous, fissile near the base	5.5
Westerville limestone:
		Limestone, drab, massive, cross-bedded oolite, only the upper part exposed

51. Quarry, SE cor. sec. 14, T. 13 S., R. 24 E.		Feet
Wyandotte limestone:
	Limestone, drab, thin-bedded and oolitic, cross-bedded, upper part eroded	6+
	Limestone, bluish-gray, thin-bedded, wavy, with thin yellowish shaly breaks	10.0
Lane shale.

52. On road near SW cor. sec. 21, T. 13 S., R. 25 E.			Feet
Lane shale:
		Shale, olive, argillaceous, covered
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, even-bedded, massive, upper part buff, zone of large productids near top	4.0
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, limy, contains phosphatic nodules	0.5
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray, lithographic, contains algal "marklets"	1.0
(Total Iola limestone, 5.5 feet)
Chanute shale:
		Shale, covered	22.0
Drum limestone:
		Limestone, gray, mostly covered, thin-bedded, cherty, weathers buff, to base of Quivira shale	14-
Quivira shale, covered.
Westerville limestone:
		Limestone, gray, massive, brittle, mostly covered

53. On Frisbie road, center north edge sec. 17, T. 12 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill and Hickory Creek members:
		Limestone, covered	8+
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, massive, blocky, dense, "worm-borings"	1.0
		Limestone, drab, blocky, in two layers, Osagia-Myalina ampla zone	2.0
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, green, argillaceous	5.0
		Limestone, brown, nodular, spongy, "marlite"	0.2
		Shale, maroon, argillaceous	0.5
		Shale, covered, greenish-gray at top	27.0
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 32.7 feet)
Wyandotte limestone:
	Farley limestone member:
		Limestone, buff or gray, thin-bedded, crystalline, "fragmental"	10.0
		Shale, buff, argillaceous	0.5
		Limestone, massive, light gray, crystalline, contains an abundance of productids	4.0
(Total Farley limestone member, 20.5)
	Island Creek shale member:
		Shale, buff, argillaceous, fossiliferous	1.5
	Argentine-Quindaro members:
		Limestone, pinkish or blue, dense at top, remainder drab, gray, thin-bedded, chert nodules rare, wavy	22.0
		Limestone, yellowish, partly covered, thin-bedded, shaly	10.0
	Frisbie limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, hard, blocky, dense, "marklets"	2.0
(Total Wyandotte limestone, 56.0 feet)
Lane shale.

54. On road, middle south edge sec. 21, T. 13 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Stanton limestone:
	Olathe limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, thin-bedded, wavy, crystalline, Triticites secalicus, Spirifer dunbari, and large crinoid stems, upper part eroded	6+
	Eudora shale member:
		Shale, greenish-gray and argillaceous at top, mostly covered	11.0
	Captain Creek limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, sugary textured, even-bedded, bright-blue mottled at upper surface, siliceous, zone of Enteletes pugnoides	4.5
Vilas shale:
		Shale, light grayish-buff, arenaceous	14.0
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member:
		Limestone, dark gray, granular, massive, Composita sp. zone	5.0
		Limestone, drab, fine-grained	1.5
		Limestone, gray, thin-bedded and even, dense, zone of Enteletes hemiplicatus var. plattsburgensis	5.0
		Limestone, brown, ferruginous, fossiliferous	1.0
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, buff, limy	0.2
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, brittle, blocky, "worm-borings"	0.8
(Total Plattsburg limestone, 13.5 feet)
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, greenish-gray, argillaceous, "marlite" near the lower part	9.0
		Shale, maroon, argillaceous	1.0
		Shale, greenish-gray, platy, argillaceous	2.0
		Sandstone, buff, micaceous, ripple-marked, and sandy shale	5.0
(Total Bonner Springs shale, 17.0 feet)
Wyandotte limestone.

55. Road cut, concrete highway, just north of the middle north edge sec. 6, T. 12 S., R. 24 E.		Feet
Lane shale:
	Shale, gray, argillaceous, mostly covered
Iola limestone:
	Limestone, brown and gray, hard, massive	2.0
	Limestone, brown, shaly, shattery, sugary-textured	1.0
	Limestone, brown, massive, mottled, lower part covered	2+
	Limestone, bluish-gray, lithographic, and black fissile shale, covered
Chanute shale:
	Shale, covered, about	19.0
Drum limestone:
	Shale, very limy, nodular, fossiliferous, contains Composita sp., Derbya crassa, Campophyllum torquium, and numerous fenestellids and ramose bryozoans	1.0
	Limestone, white, evenly-bedded, fine-grained, contains Marginifera splendens, base covered	5+
Quivira shale:
	Shale, covered, from top of main bed of Westerville to exposed part of Drum	22±
Westerville limestone:
	Limestone (not the top of the Westerville), gray, hard, dense	0.7
	Limestone, drab, massive, suboolitie, fossiliferous	5.5
Wea shale:
	Shale, drab, limy, upper part exposed	4+

56. On road, one tenth of a mile north of fork just southwest of Craig, NE cor. sec. 35, T. 12 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, covered, upper part greenish-gray, argillaceous	16.0
Wyandotte limestone:
	Farley limestone member:
		Limestone, dark-gray, massive, granular	5.0
		Limestone, gray, thin-bedded, "fragmental," limonite inclusions	16.0
	Island Creek shale member:
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous	5.0
	Argentine limestone member:
		Limestone, pinkish to white, thin-bedded, wavy, lower part cherty, contains Heliospongia ramosa, upper layer granular, Myalina ampla	15.0
	Quindaro shale member:
		Shale, covered

57. On road, middle south edge sec. 7, T. 14 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Stranger sandstone
Stanton limestone:
	Little Kaw limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, arenaceous, blocky	1.5
		Shale, buff, and sandstone	1.5
		Limestone, bluish-gray, arenaceous, blocky	1.0
	Victory Junction shale member

58. By bridge, on north-south road, near SE cor. sec. 25, T. 14 S., R. 24 E.			Feet
Wyandotte limestone.
Lane shale:
		Shale, olive-drab, argillaceous	17.0
Iola limestone:
	Raytown limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, even-bedded, hard, crystalline, contains Marginifera splendens and Squamularia perplexa	4.0
	Muncie Creek shale member:
		Shale, limy, buff, contains phosphatic nodules	0.5
	Paola limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray, lithographic, contains numerous "marklets," blocky, brittle	1.5
(Total Iola limestone, 6.0 feet)
Chanute shale:
		Shale, buff, micaceous, arenaceous, contains a few plant fossils, upper part exposed	6+

59. Bluff west of Chouteau siding, east of the center sec. 35, T. 12 S., R. 23 E.		Feet
Iola and Chanute:
	Limestone bench, to the top of the Drum limestone	33±
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, light-gray, thin-bedded, wavy, cherty, weathers drab, contains Campophyllum torquium, lower part covered	6+

60. West of the center south edge sec. 5, T. 13 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member.
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, covered	20.0
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, lithographic, bluish-gray, zone of Heterocoelia beedei and Cancrinella boonensis	1.0
		Limestone, massive, even-bedded, gray	3.0
Bonner Springs shale:
		Limestone, conglomerate, yellowish and gray limestone pebbles in a dark matrix, fossiliferous	0.6
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, covered

61. Along creek near center of sec. 32, T. 12 S., R. 22 E.			Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, limestone nodules, mostly covered	20.0
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone and shale, mostly covered, upper layer lithographic, bluish-gray, zone of Heterocoelia beedei and Cancrinella boonensis, lower part cross-bedded, conglomeratic	15.0
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, covered

62. NW cor. sec. 4, T. 13 S., R. 23 E.			Feet
Plattsburg limestone:
	Spring Hill limestone member
	Hickory Creek shale member:
		Shale, yellowish-buff, argillaceous, contains abundant limestone nodules	20.0
	Merriam limestone member:
		Limestone, lithographic, bluish-gray, brittle, zone of amblysiphonellids and Cancrinella boonensis	0.8
Bonner Springs shale:
		Shale, covered	3.0
		Limestone breccia, drab to brown, thinly cross-bedded, small pebbles of yellow and gray limestone and fossil fragments, Aviculopecten n. sp., Hypselentoma perhumerosa, and trilobites, base covered	13+
		A few yards up the creek from 61 the next lower shale bed is exposed due to a reversal dip
		Limestone breccia (same as above), upper part eroded	7+
		Shale, gray, argillaceous	15.0
Wyandotte limestone:
	Farley limestone member:
		Limestone, drab, soft, suboolitic, nautiloid zone, exposed in bed of creek
		Glacial drift

63. East bank of Captain creek on highway No. 10, Johnson-Douglas county line			Feet
Stanton limestone:
	Little Raw limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, blocky, arenaceous below	1.5
	Victory Junction shale member:
		Sandstone, brown, soft, micaceous	11.5
		Shale, greenish-gray, argillaceous, streaked	1.2
	Olathe limestone member:
		Limestone, gray, thin-bedded, wavy, fossiliferous, base covered	15+
Weston shale:

64. NW cor. sec. 1, T. 14 S., R. 21 E.			Feet
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, upper part eroded
Stanton limestone:
	Little Raw limestone member:
		Limestone, bluish-gray and buff, arenaceous	0.3
		Shale, buff, arenaceous	1.0
		Limestone, bluish, granular, blocky	0.3
(Total Little Raw limestone member, 1.6)
	Victory Junction shale member:
		Shale, buff, micaceous, arenaceous	1.5
		Shale, gray, argillaceous, platy	1.0
		Shale, whitish, brecciated, limy	1.0
(Total Victory Junction shale member, 3.5)
	Olathe limestone member:

65. Quarry west of road, NW cor. sec. 35, T. 12 S., R. 25 E.		Feet
Chanute shale.
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, brown, arenaceous	1.0
	Shale, brown, arenaceous	1.0
	Limestone, greenish-gray, shaly, very fossiliferous, contains Marginifera splendens, Teguliferina armata, Squamularia perplexa, Campophyllum torquium, and bryozoans, about	1.0
	Limestone, gray, dense, thin-bedded, wavy, cherty, contains Marginifera splendens	7.0
(Total drum limestone, 10.0 feet)
Quivira shale:
	Shale, greenish, argillaceous, contains a six-inch carbonaceous layer near the base	4.0
Westerville limestone:
	Limestone, drab, oolitic, cross-bedded, weathers buff with a faint greenish tint, contains a few small mollusks, base covered	19.0

66. Section two miles south of Martin City, Jackson county, Missouri, by concrete slab, south of creek		Feet
Chanute shale, covered.
Drum limestone:
	Limestone, ferruginous, granular, massive, weathers thin-bedded, contains Campophyllum torquium	3.2
Quivira shale:
	Shale, carbonaceous, some black and fissile	2.5
Wea shale:
	Shale, gray, argillaceous, base covered; limestone concretions near top (Westerville)	15.0

67. Composite section eastward from concrete slab intersection one half mile north and one half mile east of Martin City, Mo.			Feet
Chanute shale:
		Shale, covered
		Shale, maroon, argillaceous	5+
		Shale, olive, argillaceous	1.0
Drum limestone:
		Limestone, gray, thin-bedded, wavy, weathers brown, has crinoid stems, Campophyllum torquium, etc.	5.0
Quivira shale:
		Shale, light olive, argillaceous	1.5
		Shale, black, fissile	0.5
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous, some calcareous nodules	4.5
Westerville limestone:
		Limestone, heavy-bedded, drab, brown near top, upper foot nodular and mottled; contains large Triticites irregularis	5.0
Wea shale:
		Shale, bluish-gray below, buff above	35±
Block limestone:
		Limestone and shale, even, contains Ambocoelia	0.5
		Shale, limy, dark	0.9
		Limestone, ferruginous, granular, Chonetina zone at base	0.9
Fontana shale:
		Shale, gray, limy, fossiliferous, with algal nodules	5.7
Dennis limestone:
	Winterset limestone member:
		Limestone, massive, dark-gray, cross-bedded, oolitic, contains Osagia	8.5
		Limestone, fine-grained, dove-colored, with black flint nodules, base covered	5.5

68. Section at road cut on highway 10-S just east of the intersection with highway 1-E at Red Bridge farm, about four miles northeast of Martin City, Mo.			Feet
Chanute shale:
		Shale, base exposed, maroon, argillaceous	4+
		Shale, greenish, argillaceous	2.5
Drum limestone:
		Limestone; gray to buff, wavy and thin-bedded; Campophyllum torquium at the top	5.0
Quivira shale:
		Shale, greenish clay, with a foot of black fissile shale at the middle and calcareous nodules below	5.5
Westerville limestone:
		Limestone, upper layer oolitic, massive below, drab and buff, contains large Triticites irregularis	5.1
Fontana-Wea interval:
		Shale, mostly covered, upper fifteen feet gray and argillaceous	37.0
Dennis limestone:
	Winterset limestone member:
		Limestone, poorly exposed, heavy bedded below, shaly zone above the middle, above dove limestone with black chert	25+
	Stark shale member:
		Shale, with black fissile layer, base covered	7+

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