KGS--Bulletin 58--Stratigraphy of the Marmaton Group, Pennsylvanian, in Kansas--Sections

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Detailed Stratigraphic Sections

The following stratigraphic sections of Marmaton rocks are arranged in consecutive land sections and ranges in each township in Linn County (stratigraphic sections 1-31), Bourbon County (stratigraphic sections 32-101), Crawford County (stratigraphic sections 102-121), Neosho County (stratigraphic sections 122-132), Labette County (stratigraphic sections 133-177), Montgomery County (stratigraphic sections 178 and 179), Missouri (stratigraphic sections 180-185), and Oklahoma (stratigraphic sections 186-203). Measured thicknesses are given in feet.

Stratigraphic Sections in Linn County, Kansas (1-31)

(1) SW cor. sec. 3, T. 20 S., R. 25 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone, brown, fine-grained	2.0-3.0
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale (25.6 feet)
			Shale, yellow, and clay, blocky	4.0
			Shale, gray and yellow, more or less blocky; limestone nodules in lower part	21.6
	Lenapah limestone
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone and sandstone, sandy limestone, locally sandstone; large productids	1.1±
	Nowata shale
			Shale, gray and yellow, and clay	exposed 10.8

(2) NW SE sec. 8, T. 20 S., R. 25 E.
	Bandera shale (10± feet exposed)
		Sandstone or sandy shale, gray and brown, hard	exposed 4.0
		Shale, contains large limy nodules	4.0
		Coal (Mulberry)	2.0±

(3) Near cen. E line sec. 9, T. 20 S., R. 25 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone, brown	exposed 2.0
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale
			Shale, gray and yellow, blocky; contains sparse limonite concretions and vein fillings in lower part	32.4
	Lenapah limestone
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, gray, sandy; contains large productids, Mesolobus sp., and other, brachiopods	0.6
	Nowata shale (7± feet exposed)
			Shale, gray, sandy, fossiliferous	3.0±
			Shale, gray, blocky	exposed 4.0

(4) SW sec. 19, T. 21 S., R. 24 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone, mostly covered; about 16, feet exposed in quarry a short distance southwest	10.0
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Lenapah limestone (4.5± feet)
		Idenbro limestone member?
			Limestone, brown, sandy; contains large productids, orbiculoids, and Schizopora sp.	1.5
		Perry Farm shale member?
			Shale and thin limestone beds	3.0±
	Nowata shale
			Covered	10.0±
	Altamont limestone
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light to medium gray, massive, uneven top, a slight thickness exposed in drainage

(5) W cor. sec. 33, T. 21 S., R. 24 E.
	Altamont limestone (8.5 feet)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, gray with splotches of brown iron oxide, lower part slightly darker dove gray; in two beds of equal thickness, locally a thin shale bed between limestones; upper surface uneven; abundant fragments of brachiopods and other fossils	4.0
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, gray, with thin limestone layers in upper part; contains phosphatic concretions	1.3
		Tina limestone member (3.2 feet)
			Limestone, gray, hard, nodular; contains crinoid stems; grades into unit below	0.4
			Shale and shaly limestone	0.8
			Limestone, nodular, and sandstone, fine and micaceous	2.0
	Bandera shale
			Shale	exposed 4.0±

(6) Near cen. sec. 5, T. 21 S., R. 25 E. Section in bank of Marais des Cygnes river and above
Bronson group
	Hertha limestone
		Critzer limestone member
			Limestone, brown, massive; contains "Osagia" and many cephalopods	10.0±
Bourbon shale
			Covered, wooded, grass slope	85.0
			Shale, yellow and gray, carbonaceous, weathered	exposed 0.66
			Coal	0.25±
			Shale, yellow and gray, weathered; contains abundant small limestone nodules	5.0
	Hepler sandstone (11± feet)
			Sandstone, gray and yellow, very calcareous; contains stick-like and plumose casts of "seaweeds"	1.0
			Sandstone and sandy shale, gray and yellow	2.0
			Sandstone, gray and yellow, fine-grained, ripple marked	1.0
			Sandstone or siltstone, massive to thin-bedded, shaly in places, cuts down into post-hole like depressions 2 to 3 feet deep; definite lower contact	7.0
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale (10.25 feet exposed)
			Shale, dark to medium gray; contains limonitic stringers and nodules	6.75
			Shale, medium gray with maroon bands, irregular	3.5
	Lenapah limestone (5.67 feet)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, chiefly as nodules in shale (previous to present position of bank a hard nodular bed 0.5 to 1 foot thick was exposed), dark gray to bluish-gray, impure, very earthy, nodules are oxidized into hematite to depth of one-eighth inch; found only after digging	0.55
		Perry Farm shale member (4.9 feet)
			Shale, very dark gray to black, not hard and platy as unit below, weathers into flakes, blocky when fresh, very smooth to touch	4.15
			Shale, black, thin-bedded, platy; contains small phosphatic concretions; vertical joints filled with impure limonite strands in vertical cliff in river bank	0.75
		Norfleet limestone member
			Limestone, local occurrence, pinches out into shale, dark gray to very black, weathers brownish gray; contains scattered minute calcite crystals, sparse vugs of calcite, few fossil fragments; sharp lower contact	0.22
	Nowata shale
			Shale, dark bluish-gray, upper part weathers into flakes, flecked with iron oxide, seems to be iron-stained when comparatively freshly exposed	exposed 4.33
			Covered to water of Marais des Cygnes river	0.75
Note: Worland limestone is exposed in river bed at low water stage a short distance south of this exposure, and is-only a few feet below lowest beds exposed in this section.

(7) Near cen. sec. 16,, T. 21 S., R. 25 E.
	Lenapah limestone
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, blue, dense	3.0±
	Nowata shale
			Covered	10-15.0
	Altamont limestone (15.2 feet)
		Worland limestone member (11 feet)
			Limestone	3.0±
			Covered interval	5.0±
			Limestone, bluish-gray, dense, hard, irregular bedding	3.0
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, gray, not well exposed; contains phosphatic concretions	2.2
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, brown and gray, brown nodules stand out on weathered faces, granular, cross-bedded; contains algal remains, gastropods, many invertebrate fragments, and shark teeth	2.0
	Bandera shale
			Clay shale and sandstone, fine, beds dip about 30°, lenticular mass of sandstone in lower part	20.0±

(8) Near cen. sec. 19, T. 21 S., R. 25 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone, gray and brown, fine-grained	20.0±
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Nowata shale (21.5 feet)
			Shale, gray, and clay, limonitic	11.5
			Covered interval; seems to contain some sandstone or sandy shale	10.0±
	Altamont limestone (12 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, bluish-gray, dense, flaggy, locally becomes sandy; contains Derbyia sp.	2.0
			Covered interval	8.0
			Limestone, light bluish-gray, massive	exposed 2.0±

(9) SW cor. sec. 19, T. 21 S., R. 25 E.
Bourbon shale
			Sandstone, poorly exposed, well-exposed in asphalt rock mine a short distance southwest
Unconformity
			Covered interval	8.0±
Marmaton group
	Lenapah limestone (4.5 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, very sandy; contains large productids, Orbiculoidea sp., and Schizopora sp.	1.5
		Perry Farm shale member
			Limestone, shaly, thin-bedded	3.0±
			Covered interval	10.0±
	Altamont limestone
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, gray, uneven top of ledge exposed

(10) Near cen. S line sec. 26 and near cen. N line sec. 35, T. 21 S., R. 25 E.
	Altamont limestone (5 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, dense, nodular in upper part	2.0±
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, mostly covered; contains phosphatic concretions	2.0±
		Tina limestone member
			Sandstone, gray, limy, micaceous, massive, shaly in lower part	1.0
	Bandera shale (42.4 feet)
			Sandstone or sandy shale, gray, micaceous	5.0
			Shale, gray, calcareous, limonitic	3.0
			Sandstone, gray, micaceous	2.0
			Shale, gray and yellow, limonitic, especially in upper part; one thin sandstone bed 3 feet from top; contains large septarian concretions in lower part, which is more blocky than upper part. Mulberry coal about 2 feet from base	32.4
	Pawnee limestone (32.8-34.3 feet)
		Laberdie limestone member (11 feet)
			Limestone, light gray, crystalline, thin-bedded; formerly exposed in quarry south of road, later covered by mine workings	8.0±
			Limestone, blue-gray to light gray; contains sparse fossils	2.5
			Limestone and calcareous shale, gray; contains abundant fossils 0.5
		Mine Creek shale member (14.5-16 feet)
			Shale, gray	2.0-3.0
			Limestone, gray; contains abundant brachiopods	0.5-1.0
			Shale, greenish-gray, slightly carbonaceous in lower part; contains limonitic zones and concretions	12.0±
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, brown, massive	3.8
		Anna shale member (3.5 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray	0.5
			Shale, black, platy	1.0
			Limestone, dark, crystalline, slabby	0.2
			Shale, gray	0.5
			Coal	0.3±
			Shale, gray	exposed 1.0±

(11) Near SW cor. sec. 29, T. 21 S., R. 25 E.
			Covered interval, with Bourbon beds exposed above
	Altamont limestone (4.5 feet)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, hard, massive	3.0
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, gray	0.8
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, dark gray, cross-bedded	0.7
	Bandera shale
			Shale, gray, limonitic especially in lower part, somewhat sandy about 8 feet from top	exposed 21.6

(12) Cen. S line sec. 34, T. 21 S., R. 25 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone and sandy shale	6.0
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Lenapah limestone (11.3 feet)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, gray, crystalline; contains limonitic inclusions and Composita	1.0±
		Perry Farm shale member
			Shale, mostly covered	9.8
		Norfleet limestone member
			Limestone, dark gray, crystalline, nodular; contains few limonitic inclusions	0.5
	Nowata shale
			Shale, partly covered, dark gray	5.0
	Altamont limestone
		Worland limestone member

(13) Near cen. W line sec. 5, T. 22 S., R. 24 E.
	Bandera shale (4 feet)
			Coal (Mulberry)	1.0±
			Shale, weathered	3.0±
	Pawnee limestone
		Laberdie limestone member
			Limestone, brownish-gray, earthy; contains sparse flint nodules	exposed 0.5±

(14) Near cen. sec. 7, T. 22 S., R. 24 E.
	Altamont limestone (12.1 feet)
		Worland limestone member (8.9 feet)
			Limestone, bluish-gray, soft, sandy appearing	1.5
			Shale and limestone, thin-bedded; limy shale alternates with limestone; fossiliferous	2.3
			Shale, limy, and small lenses of powdery limestone	2.1
			Limestone, gray, hard, dense to slightly crystalline	3.0
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, gray	1.2
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, dark gray	2.0
	Bandera shale
			Shale, gray	0.3
			Sandstone
Note: Worland limestone and lower beds were exposed when excavations were made for a dam; higher beds are exposed a short distance northeast of the dam.

(15) NE sec. 8, T. 22 S., R. 24 E. Coal mine
	Altamont limestone
	Bandera shale (44.5 feet)
		Shale, clayey, somewhat sandy, limonitic; contains plant fossils	43.0±
		Coal (Mulberry)	1.5

(16) Near cen. S line NE sec. 8, T. 22 S., R. 24 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone, brown, ferruginous	3.0±
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale
			Covered interval	4.0±
	Lenapah limestone
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, brown, sandy appearing, abundantly fossiliferous, contains pelecypods and Mesolobus and other brachiopods	3.7
	Nowata shale
			Shale, yellow and gray	10.0
			Covered	14.3
	Altamont limestone (6.5 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, dense	exposed 2.0±
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, mostly covered	2.0±
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, brownish-gray, granular	2.5±
	Bandera shale
			Shale, gray and yellow	exposed 9.0

(17) NE cor. sec. 8, T. 22 S., R. 24 E.
	Altamont limestone (5.2 feet)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, dove-gray, hard, brittle, sparsely fossiliferous	1.7
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, gray; contains many phosphatic concretions	2.0±
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, brownish-gray, granular	1.5
	Bandera shale
			Shale, gray and yellow	exposed 3.0±

(18) NW cor. sec. 8, T. 22 S., R. 24 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone, brown and gray, fine-grained, micaceous	5.0
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Lenapah limestone
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, brownish-gray, crystalline, hard, fossiliferous	1.5±
	Nowata shale
			Covered interval, may include part of Worland limestone	22.0
	Altamont limestone
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, shaly and sandy	exposed 1.0±

(19) Near cen. N line, sec. 3, T. 22 S., R. 25 E.
Bourbon shale
			Sandstone, brown and gray, massive	3.0
			Shale, sandy, and sandstone, mostly covered	22.0
	Hepler sandstone (?) (21.6 feet)
			Sandstone, deeply weathered, not well exposed	10.8
			Covered interval	5.4
			Shale and sandstone, more sandy in upper part	5.4
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Nowata shale (?)
			Shale, gray and yellow, blocky, limonitic in lower part	10.8
	Altamont limestone (10.9 feet)
		Worland limestone member (7 feet)
			Limestone, dark gray, carbonaceous, crystalline	0.5
			Shale, gray, limy	3.4
			Limestone, medium gray, dense, hard	3.1
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, covered	1.7
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, dove-gray, hard, crystalline, nodular in lower part	2.2
	Bandera shale (33.4 feet exposed)
			Shale, yellow and gray	2.0
			Sandstone, gray	1.0
			Shale, dark gray in upper part, lighter gray in lower part	2.5
			Shale, yellow; contains limestone concretions	5.4
			Shale, partly sandy, not well exposed	22.5

(20) From near the SW cor. to cen. N side sec. 3, T. 22 S., R. 25 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone	3.0±
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale.
			Shale, mostly covered	10.0±
	Lenapah limestone
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, bluish-gray, slabby, slightly asphaltic	0.7
	Nowata shale
			Shale, yellow; contains sparse limestone nodules	7.0±
	Altamont limestone (8 feet)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light bluish-gray, dense to slightly crystalline	3.0±
		Lake Neosho shale
			Shale, covered	3.0±
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, brownish-gray, brecciated appearing	2.0
	Bandera shale (54.4 feet)
			Shale, sandy	6.0
			Shale, gray and yellow, blocky, limonitic	5.4
			Covered interval	13.0
	Pawnee limestone
		Laberdie limestone member
			Limestone, bluish-gray, earthy to crystalline	exposed 2.6

(21) SW sec. 12, T. 23 S., R. 23 E.
	Altamont limestone (10.6 feet)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, dove-gray with splotches of darker gray, rather dense, rather massive, brecciated appearing in middle and upper middle parts, crystal faces scarcely visible without magnification; contains sparse brachiopods; maximum thickness at the location is in quarry; natural exposures near by are thinner	5.1
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale; contains masses of Chaetetes in upper part and phosphatic concretions	4.0±
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, dark gray, weathers brown, nodular, weathering produces a pitted mass; contains sparse Chaetetes	1.5
	Bandera shale
			Shale, bluish-gray, limonitic, sandy and micaceous in lower part	exposed 10.0

(22) SW sec. 4, T. 23 S., R. 24 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone, gray and brown, fine-grained, micaceous	exposed 4.0
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Lenapah limestone
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, brown; contains abundant white crinoid fragments in brown matrix	1.0±

(23) NE sec. 7, T. 23 S., R. 24 E.
	Lenapah limestone (4.9 feet)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, brown; fossil fragments weather white in brown matrix; contains crinoid remains and brachiopods	1.4
		Perry Farm shale member
			Shale, gray; contains limestone nodules	3.0±
		Norfleet limestone member
			Limestone, brown, sandy appearing	0.5±
	Nowata shale
			Shale, gray, blocky	exposed 12.0

(24) NE NE sec. 12, T. 23 S., R. 24 E.
	Altamont limestone (9 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, gray, dense, somewhat irregular bedding	exposed 3.0
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, dark gray; contains phosphatic nodules	4.0
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, brownish-gray; contains Chaetetes	2.0
	Bandera shale (28.5 feet exposed)
			Shale, sandy	4.0
			Sandstone, thin-bedded	2.5
			Shale, gray and yellow, thin-bedded	7.0
			Shale, gray, blocky	exposed 15.0

(25) Near the SW cor. SE SW sec. 12, T. 23 S., R. 24 E.
	Altamont limestone (4 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, hard, massive	exposed 2.0±
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Covered by slumping of the overlying limestone	1.0±
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone nodules in shale, gray and yellow	2.0±
	Bandera shale
			Shale, yellow and gray; contains flat limestone concretions in upper part	exposed 37.8
Note: Base of section is about 15 feet above the Pawnee limestone.

(26) Near cen. E. line, sec. 13, T. 23 S., R. 24 E.
	Pawnee limestone (5 feet)
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, brown, massive; overlain by deposits of loose flint and clay	2.0±
		Anna shale member (3 feet)
			Shale, gray	1.0±
			Shale, black, fissile to platy	2.0±
	Bandera shale (23.5 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray	13.0
			Limestone, brown, sandy	0.5±
			Shale, gray	exposed 10.0

(27) SW sec. 15, T. 23 S., R. 24 E.
	Altamont limestone (5 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, dense, massive	exposed 2.0±
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, not well exposed; contains abundant phosphatic nodules	2.0±
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, gray and brown, brecciated, nodular	1.0±
	Bandera shale (21 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray and yellow, limy; contains septarian concretions	8.0±
			Sandstone, gray and brown, massive	1.0
			Shale, gray and yellow, somewhat sandy	exposed 12.0

(28) SW cor. sec. 6, T. 23 S., R. 25 E.
	Pawnee limestone
		Laberdie limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, weathers somewhat lighter in color, thin wavy beds, somewhat more massive in lower part	6.0
		Mine Creek shale member
			Shale and thin beds of limestone, not well exposed, but cropping out with myriads of fossils below quarry in road ditch and east of Laberdie creek	exposed 6.0
Note: The Myrick Station member is partly exposed when water in Laberdie creek is low.

(29) SE cor. sec. 8, T. 23 S., R. 25 E.
	Pawnee limestone (4 feet)
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, brown, massive	3.0±
		Anna shale member
			Shale, black, platy	1.0
	Labette shale (31 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray and yellow, lower 5 feet not well exposed	9.8
			Shale, gray, blocky	10.8
			Limestone, sandy, micaceous	0.4
			Shale, gray and yellow, blocky	exposed 10.0

(30) Slightly south of NE cor. SE sec. 8, T. 23 S., R. 25 E.
	Pawnee limestone (3.2 feet exposed)
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, brown, massive, slightly flinty	exposed 2.0±
		Anna shale member
			Shale, black, platy	1.2
	Labette shale
			Shale, gray	exposed 3.0±

(31) SW sec. 11, T. 23 S., R. 25 E.
	Pawnee limestone (15.1-16.1 feet exposed)
		Laberdie limestone member
			Limestone, gray, weathers lighter in color; thin irregular beds in upper part; lower part more massive	8.4
		Mine Creek shale member (5.7 feet exposed)
			Covered interval	1.0-2.0
			Shale, very black, thin-bedded, flaky	0.5±
			Shale, light gray; contains abundant fossils, chiefly brachiopods	3.0±
			Limestone, gray, weathers rusty brown, upper part slightly bluish, nodular and concretionary; contains algal remains and other fossils	0.7
			Shale, dark gray, extremely flaky; contains abundant chonetids	exposed 1.5

Stratigraphic Sections in Bourbon County, Kansas (32-101)

(32) NE SE sec. 29, T. 23 S., R. 23 E.
	Lenapah limestone (5.15 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, cross-bedded in upper part	exposed 1.5
		Perry Farm shale member
			Shale, gray, calcareous; contains limestone nodules	3.0
		Norfleet limestone member
			Limestone, medium to dark gray, massive	0.65
	Nowata shale
			Shale, gray	exposed 12.0

(33) Near SE cor. sec. 35, T. 23 S., R. 23 E.
Bronson group
	Hertha limestone
		Critzer limestone member
			Limestone (upper part may include part of Sniabar member), granular	10.0
Bourbon shale
			Covered	43.0
			Shale, gray, flaky, not well exposed	16.0
			Shale, mostly covered	10.8
			Shale, mostly covered, may include a thin limestone bed in middle part	16.0
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone, gray and brown, fine-grained, grades into sandy shale above	5.4
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale
			Shale, gray, flaky, partly covered	4.5-5.5
	Lenapah limestone
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, gray and yellow, impure, nodular	1.0±
	Nowata shale (14.8 feet)
			Shale, yellow and gray, thin-bedded	10.8
			Covered	4.0±
	Altamont limestone
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, dense, earthy, not well exposed	3.0

(34) Near NW cor. sec. 7, T. 23 S., R. 24 E.
	Altamont limestone (8 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, dense	exposed 3.0±
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, mostly gray; contains phosphatic concretions	4.0±
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, brown, nodular	1.0±
	Bandera shale (43 feet exposed)
			Shale and sandstone	16.0±
			Shale, gray and yellow	27.0±

(35) Near SW cor. sec. 19, T. 23 S., R. 24 E.
	Altamont limestone (5-5.5 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, not well seen	exposed 3.0±
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, mostly gray, not well exposed; contains phosphatic concretions	2.0±
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, gray and brown, nodular, pinches out laterally	0-0.5
	Bandera shale (70.8 feet)
			Shale, sandy	1.0±
			Sandstone, yellow and gray	0.8
			Shale and sandstone, more sand in upper part	2.4
			Shale; contains limonitic lenses and concretions	16.2
			Shale, gray; contains limonitic concretions	16.2
			Sandstone, cross-bedded, definite contact with shale below; contains plant fossils	2.3
			Shale, yellow, limonitic and calcareous in upper part	5.7
			Shale, yellow, limonitic, weathered	10.8
			Covered interval	10.0±
			Coal (Mulberry)	0.4±
			Covered interval	5.0±
	Pawnee limestone
		Laberdie limestone member
			Limestone, in creek bed

(36) Near cen. W line sec. 30, T. 23 S., R. 24 E.
	Altamont limestone (4 feet)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray; contains crinoid remains and Composita sp.	2.0±
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, gray, flaky; contains phosphatic nodules in upper part	2.0±
	Bandera shale (16.2 exposed)
			Shale, gray and yellow, sandy	5.4
			Shale, gray and yellow, more sandy than unit above; contains layers of limonite	exposed 10.8

(37) Near cen. W line SW sec. 29, T. 23 S., R. 24 E.
	Pawnee limestone (11.2 feet exposed)
		Laberdie limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, thin-bedded, poorly exposed
		Mine Creek shale member
			Covered (may include parts of Laberdie and Myrick Station limestones)	3.0±
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, brown and gray; contains flint in upper part; contains few fossils	4.0
		Anna shale member (7.2 feet)
			Shale, black to dark gray	0.6
			Shale, black	2.8
			Limestone, dark in upper part, remainder gray, granular, sandy appearing	1.5
			Shale, gray	1.7
			Limestone, bluish-gray, thin-bedded	0.6
	Labette shale
			Shale, mostly covered	exposed 2.0±
Note: Compare with sections 190 and 193, Nowata County, Oklahoma

(38) Near cen. W line sec. 31, T. 23 S., R. 24 E.
	Pawnee limestone (5.9 feet exposed)
		Laberdie limestone member
			Limestone, dove gray, thin-bedded, brecciated appearing exposed	3.5
		Mine Creek shale (2.4 feet)
			Shale, upper part black, lower part gray, fissile; contains abundant fossil fragments	1.1±
			Limestone, bluish-gray, shaly, fossiliferous	0.6
			Limestone, bluish-gray, earthy; contains Mesolobus sp. and Neospirifer sp.	0.7

(39) Near SE cor. sec. 8, T. 23 S., R. 25 E.
	Pawnee limestone (4 feet exposed)
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, brown and gray, weathers brown	exposed 3.0±
		Anna shale member
			Shale, black, may be slight thickness of gray in upper part, platy	1.0
	Labette shale (31 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray, not well exposed in lower part	9.8
			Shale, gray, blocky	10.8
			Limestone, sandy, micaceous	0.4
			Shale, gray, blocky	exposed 10.0

(40) NE cor. sec. 21, T. 23 S., R. 25 E.
	Pawnee limestone (12.5 feet)
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, gray, weathers brown, massive	6.7
		Anna shale member (5.8 feet)
			Shale, gray	0.2
			Shale, black, fissile; contains orbiculoids	0.9
			Shale, gray	3.8
			Limestone, dark gray, earthy, thin-bedded, slabby	0.9
	Labette shale (32.8 feet)
			Shale, gray	6.5
			Sandstone, massive in upper part, shaly in lower part	1.3
			Shale, gray, sandy, upper part less sandy and blocky	6.6
			Shale and sandstone; sandstone micaceous, thin-bedded, and confined to middle part	5.4
			Covered interval	13.0±
	Fort Scott limestone
		Higginsville limestone member
			Limestone, in drainage

(41) Near SE cor. sec. 26, T. 23 S., R. 25 E.
	Labette shale (37.6 feet exposed)
		Sandstone, fine-grained, massive	27.3
		Shale, gray	6.0
		Limestone, sandy	1.3
		Shale, gray	exposed 3.0±

(42) Near cen. W line sec. 32, T. 23 S., R. 25 E.
	Labette shale
		Covered interval to near base of Pawnee limestone	54.0
		Limestone, gray, weathers in part brown, shaly, sandy appearing	1.5
		Shale, gray, thin-bedded	7.0
		Shale, gray, not well exposed especially in lower part	10.8
		Shale, blue, dense, concretionary	0.4±
		Shale, gray, beds thin to -blocky	5.0±
		Limestone, shaly; contains Mesolobus sp.	0.7
		Limestone; contains Derbyia sp. and Composita sp.	0.4
		Coal	0.3
		Shale, gray, carbonaceous especially in upper part	6.0
		Sandstone, fine-grained, micaceous	4.0±
		Shale, gray, sandy in upper part	exposed 10.±

(43) Near cen. E line sec. 1, T. 24 S., R. 23 E.
	Altamont limestone
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, weathered, not well exposed
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, yellow and gray, flaky; contains phosphatic concretions	2.0±
	Bandera shale (59.6 feet)
			Shale, yellow and gray, limonitic, grades into Lake Neosho shale	4.0±
			Covered interval	27.0
			Sandstone, yellow, fine-grained, micaceous	2.0±
			Shale, not well exposed	26.6
Note: Base of section is not far above the Pawnee limestone.

(44) SW NE sec. 8, T. 24 S., R. 23 E.
	Lenapah limestone
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, gray, earthy	exposed 1.0±

(45) Slightly north of SW cor. sec. 34, T. 24 S., R. 23 E.
	Altamont limestone (4 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, thin-bedded, weathered into flaky mass	exposed 3.0±
		Lake Neosho shale member (1 foot)
			Shale, gray	0.7
			Shale, dark gray; contains phosphatic concretions	0.3
	Bandera shale
			Shale, yellow, blocky; contains limonitic concretions	exposed 11.0

(46) SE SE sec. 4, T. 24 S., R. 24 E.
	Labette shale
			Sandstone, weathered	exposed 6.0
			Covered interval	8.0
	Fort Scott limestone
		Higginsville limestone member
			Limestone, gray, crystalline, not well exposed; contains large fusulines	exposed 6.0

(47) Near cen. sec. 30, T. 24 S., R. 24 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone, shaly	exposed 6.0±
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Lenapah limestone
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, gray, crystalline, slabby	0.5
	Nowata shale
			Shale, gray, limonitic in upper and upper middle parts	30.0±
	Altamont limestone
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, dense	exposed 6.0±

(48) Slightly east of cen. S. line sec. 33, T. 24 S., R. 24 E.
	Altamont limestone (5 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, somewhat slabby	exposed 2.0±
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, mostly dark gray; contains phosphatic concretions	2.0±
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, brownish-gray, granular, nodular	1.0±
	Bandera shale (29 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray in upper part, purple to maroon in middle and lower parts	16.0±
			Covered interval	5.0
			Covered interval with the upper surface of a sandstone at top	20.0±
			Sandstone, gray and brown; contains pockets of coarser sand in finer matrix	7.0±
			Sandstone and sandy shale, very fine-grained, well bedded	exposed 6.0

(49) Slightly south, of cen. E. line sec. 2, T. 24 S., R. Z5 E.
Marmaton group
	Labette shale (47.6 feet)
			Covered to near base of Pawnee limestone	12.0
			Shale, mostly covered	5.5
			Shale, gray and yellow	5.5
			Sandstone and sandy shale, yellow and gray	5.5
			Sandstone	0.3
			Shale, sandy	2.3
			Shale, sandy in part	5.5
			Covered interval	5.5
			Sandstone and shale, partly covered	5.5
	Fort Scott limestone (27.5 feet)
		Higginsville limestone member (10.8 feet)
			Limestone, brown, dense to earthy, brittle	2.3
			Limestone, mostly covered	5.5
			Limestone, bluish-gray, irregular thin beds; contains brachiopods	3.0±
		Little Osage shale member (12 feet)
			Shale, gray, calcareous, not all well seen	3.0±
			Limestone (Houx?), tan, dense to earthy	0.4
			Shale, black	2.7
			Shale, gray, calcareous, fossiliferous	2.6
			Coal (Summit)	0.7
			Shale, mostly covered	2.6
		Blackjack Creek limestone member (4.7 feet)
			Limestone, brown, weathers buff, massive	2.4
			Shale, yellow and gray, calcareous	1.1
			Limestone, tan, earthy	1.2
Cherokee shale
			Shale, dark gray, nearly black	3.8
			Coal (Mulky)	1.8
			Underclay	0.9
			Shale, not well seen	exposed 16.0

(50) Near cen. W line sec. 11, T. 24 S., R. 25 E.
	Pawnee limestone
		Laberdie limestone member (16 feet)
			Limestone, gray, brecciated appearing, not well exposed	10.0±
			Limestone, thinner beds than in unit above	6.0±
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, brown and gray, crystalline, massive	4.0
		Anna shale member
			Shale, black, platy	exposed 2.0±

(51) Near cen. N line sec. 23, T. 25 S., R. 22 E.
Bourbon shale
		Sandstone and sandy shale	exposed 2.0±
		Shale, gray and yellow; contains limonitic concretions	6.5
		Limestone, very nodular or concretionary; contains rhomboporids and Composita sp.	2.0±
		Shale, yellow and gray, slightly sandy	2.0
	Hepler sandstone
		Sandstone, weathered brown, massive	4.0±
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale
		Shale, gray	3.0±
	Lenapah limestone member
		Limestone, light bluish-gray, uneven upper surface; contains crinoids and mollusks	exposed 1.0

(52) SE SE sec. 24 and NE NE sec. 25, T. 25 S., R. 22 E.
	Altamont limestone (17.7 feet)
		Worland limestone member (11 feet)
			Limestone, light gray, thin-bedded, nodular	2.0
			Limestone and shale; shale cavities dome-like, 6 feet in diameter and 1.75 feet high, filled with fusuline-bearing gray shale; limestone gray and thin-bedded	2.0
			Limestone, gray and brown, dense, crystalline, nodular	7.0
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, chiefly gray, black in middle part; contains phosphatic nodules	1.0±
		Tina limestone member (5.7 feet)
			Limestone, algal	2.5
			Shale, yellow	0.2
			Limestone, brown and gray, nodular, rough-weathering; top irregular	3.0
	Bandera shale
			Sandstone and shale, micaceous	exposed 5.0

(53) NW sec. 26, T. 25 S., R. 22 E.
	Lenapah limestone (6.35 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member (2.35 feet exposed)
			Limestone, brownish-gray, crinoidal	exposed 0.25
			Limestone, brownish-blue, granular, well bedded, crinoidal; contains echinoid remains	2.1
		Perry Farm shale member (?)
			Shale, gray; contains Chonetes sp.	exposed 4.0

(54) S2 SE sec. 26, T. 25 S., R. 22 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone, brown, massive	exposed 2.0
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale (7 feet)
			Shale, gray, sandy	4.0±
			Shale, gray	3.0
	Lenapah limestone
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, finely crystalline, crinoidal	exposed 2.0
			Covered interval	6.0±
	Altamont limestone (8.5 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, gray, dense, semilithographic in upper part; contains brachiopods and crinoid fragments in lower part	7.5
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, chiefly gray; contains phosphatic nodules	exposed 1.5

(55) Near cen. S line sec. 36, T. 25 S., R. 22 E.
	Lenapah limestone
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, brownish-blue, crinoidal	exposed 1.0±
	Nowata shale
			Covered interval	3.0±
	Altamont limestone (10.75 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member (10.25 feet)
			Limestone, gray, dense	3.0±
			Limestone, not well exposed	2.75
			Limestone, gray, dense; contains crinoid remains and brachiopods	4.5
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, drab in upper part, mostly greenish-gray; contains phosphatic nodules	exposed 0.5

(56) Near cen. S line SE SW sec. 2, T. 25 S., R. 23 E.
	Altamont limestone (8.8 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, crystalline	5.0±
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, gray, flaky; contains phosphatic concretions	2.0
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, gray, earthy, weathers as breccia	1.8
	Bandera shale
			Shale, gray and yellow; contains small limestone nodules in upper part; contains limonitic concretions	exposed 17.0±

(57) SW NW NW sec. 13, T. 25 S., R. 23 E.
	Altamont limestone (6-8 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, deeply weathered
			Limestone, light gray	exposed 2.0-3.0
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, gray, flaky; contains phosphatic concretions	2.0-3.0
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, dove gray, earthy; appears somewhat brecciated in upper part when weathered	2.0
	Bandera shale (23 feet exposed)
			Shale, yellow, limonitic	3.0±
			Shale, yellow	7.0±
			Shale, yellow; contains calcareous nodules	11.0±
			Sandstone, brown and gray, massive	exposed 2.0±

(58) Near the SE cor. sec. 19, T. 25 S., R. 23 E.
	Altamont limestone (6.3 feet)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, crystalline, thin-bedded	3.0
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, yellow and gray, flaky; contains phosphatic nodules	0.9
		Tina limestone member (2.4 feet)
			Limestone, thin-bedded; contains abundant brachiopods, Squamularia sp., and Composita sp.	1.0
			Limestone, gray, crystalline, earthy, weathers as single brecciated ledge	1.4
	Bandera shale
			Shale, gray and yellow, limonitic, slightly sandy, blocky	exposed 21.0

(59) NE cor. sec. 20, T. 25 S., R. 23 E.
	Altamont limestone (4.2 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, dove gray, massive, upper surface irregular	exposed 2.0
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, gray; contains phosphatic nodules	0.7
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, brownish-gray, brecciated appearing	1.5
	Bandera shale
			Long shale slope

(60) N2 SW sec. 29, T. 25 S., R. 23 E.
	Bandera shale (21.6 feet)
		Sandstone, light gray and buff, fine-grained, massive, slightly irregular bedding, thinner bedded in basal part, ripple marked	5.4
		Sandstone, gray and buff, beds paper-thin to 0.5 feet, small ripple marks, films of "mud" on bedding planes, carbonaceous coating between beds	6.2
		Sandstone, gray and buff, beds 0.2 to 0.3 feet thick, small ripple marks, film of "mud" on bedding planes; contains fossil "worms"	10.0

(61) NW SW sec. 29, T. 25 S., R. 23 E.
	Altamont limestone member (6.3-6.4 feet)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray	3.0±
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, not well exposed; contains phosphatic concretions	3.0±
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, grades locally into sandstone	0.3-0.4
	Bandera shale (25.3 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray and yellow, limonitic	4.5
			Shale, gray, yellow, and maroon, blocky	5.4
			Shale, gray, yellow, and maroon	5.4
			Shale, gray and yellow	exposed 10.0±

(62) SE sec. 31, T. 25 S., R. 23 E.
	Lenapah limestone
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, gray, finely crystalline, slight thickness exposed
	Nowata shale
			Shale, gray and yellow	3.0
	Altamont limestone
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, crystalline	3.0-4.0
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, deeply weathered; contains dark phosphatic nodules; slight thickness exposed in road ditch

(63) SW sec. 31, T. 25 S., R. 23 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone, brown, massive	exposed 3.0±
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale
			Shale, yellow, slightly micaceous	6.0±
	Lenapah limestone (5 feet)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, red to brown	0.5
		Perry Farm shale member
			Shale, mostly covered	3.0±
		Norfleet limestone member
			Limestone, gray to brown, nodular	1.5
	Nowata shale
			Shale, gray; contains limestone lenses and Chonetes sp. in upper part	exposed 8.0

(64) Near cen. W line sec. 3, T. 25 S., R. 24 E.
	Altamont limestone
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, mostly weathered float blocks
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Covered	4.0±
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, brownish-gray, nodular	2.0±
	Bandera shale
			Shale, gray	5.0
			Shale, purple and small amount of green	exposed 6.0
			Long shale slope to exposure of Pawnee limestone

(65) NE sec. 4, T. 25 S., R. 24 E.
	Altamont limestone (5 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, dense; contains crinoid fragments and brachiopods	exposed 2.0±
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, gray; contains phosphatic concretions	2.0
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone; contains "breccia" and Mesolobus sp.	1.0±
	Bandera shale
			Shale, blue-gray, flaky in upper part, blocky in lower part	exposed 10.0±

(66) Near cen. N line sec. 11, T. 25 S., R. 24 E.
	Altamont limestone (5.6 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, poorly exposed	exposed 2.0
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, gray, poorly exposed; contains phosphatic nodules	3.0±
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, gray to brown, cross-bedded, nodular	0.6
	Bandera shale (42.3 feet)
			Shale, yellow and maroon	11.5
			Sandstone, brown, thin-bedded	10.8
			Covered interval	20.0±
	Pawnee limestone (25.1 feet)
		Laberdie limestone member (9.4 feet)
			Limestone, covered	5.4
			Limestone, dove gray, thin-bedded	4.0±
		Mine Creek shale member (2.5 feet)
			Shale, black, fissile to blocky	1.5
			Limestone, dark gray	0.2-0.3
			Shale, gray, fissile	0.7
		Myrick Station limestone member (8.7 feet)
			Limestone, brown, nodular	0.8
			Limestone, gray, weathers brown, massive; contains Chaetetes	3.8
			Shale, dark and light gray, fissile	0.4
			Limestone, brown, massive; contains carbonaceous streaks in upper part	3.7
		Anna shale member (4.5 feet)
			Shale, gray	0.5
			Shale, black, mostly fissile, more blocky in upper part; contains coal nodules in upper part	3.7
			Limestone, dark gray; contains Squamularia sp.	0.3
	Labette shale

(67) Near cen. N line NW NE sec. 11, T. 25 S., R. 24 E.
	Pawnee limestone (11.1 feet exposed)
		Myrick Station limestone member (6.6 feet exposed)
			Limestone, medium gray, crystalline, irregular bedding; contains Chaetetes in upper part	exposed 2.5
			Shale, yellow and gray, thin-bedded	0.4
			Limestone, brown, massive, thinner bedded in upper part	3.7
		Anna shale member (4.5 feet)
			Shale, gray	0.5
			Shale, black, fissile in lower part, blocky in upper part; contains coaly concretions in upper part	3.7
			Limestone, dark gray, carbonaceous; contains small Squamularia sp.	0.3
	Labette shale
			Shale, gray	exposed 4.0

(68) NW cor. sec. 15, T. 25 S., R. 24 E.
	Pawnee limestone (17 feet exposed)
		Laberdie limestone member
			Limestone, bluish-gray, weathers light gray, fossiliferous	exposed, 5.0±
		Mine Creek shale member
			Shale, gray, black in middle part, fissile	3.5
		Myrick Station limestone member (6.5 feet)
			Limestone, gray, weathers brown; contains large fusulines and echinoid spines	3.4
			Shale, gray	0.1±
			Limestone, gray, weathers brown; contains fusulines	3.0
		Anna shale member
			Shale, black with some gray in upper part	2.0±
	Labette shale
			Shale, gray	6.0±

(69) SE cor. sec. 15, T. 25 S., R. 24 E.
	Pawnee limestone (16.4 feet exposed)
		Laberdie limestone member
			Limestone, blue-gray, weathers to lighter color, thin wavy bedding, fossiliferous	exposed 2.0
		Mine Creek shale member
			Shale, black and gray	3.5
		Myrick Station limestone member (6.5 feet)
			Limestone, brown and gray; contains fusulines and echinoid spines	3.4
			Shale	0.1±
			Limestone, brown and gray; contains fusulines	3.0
		Anna shale member (7.4 feet)
			Shale, gray	1.0±
			Shale, black; contains small black concretions	2.0±
			Shale, dark gray and yellow, blocky	4.1
			Limestone, dark gray, slabby	0.3
	Labette shale (51.2 feet)
			Shale, gray and yellow	8.0±
			Limestone, brown, dense, earthy	0.4
			Shale, yellow and gray	37.8
			Covered interval	5.0±
	Fort Scott limestone
		Higginsville limestone member
			Limestone, light gray

(70) Near cen. N line sec. 16, T. 25 S., R. 24 E.
	Pawnee limestone (4.3 feet exposed)
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, brown, massive; contains corals and brachiopods	exposed 2.5
		Anna shale member (1.8 feet)
			Shale, gray	0.8
			Shale, black; contains small black concretions	1.0
	Labette shale (37.7 feet)
			Shale, gray and yellow, somewhat carbonaceous	15.2
			Covered interval	10.0
			Sandstone or sandy limestone	1.0
			Shale, yellow	9.0
			Coal	0.5
			Covered interval	2.0
	Fort Scott limestone
		Higginsville limestone member
			Limestone, gray and brown, crystalline; contains crinoid fragments and brachiopods

(71) NW NW sec. 24, T. 25 S., R. 24 E.
	Pawnee limestone (5 feet exposed)
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, brown, massive	exposed 2.0±
		Anna shale member
			Shale, black, blocky	2.0-3.0
	Labette shale (40.25 feet exposed)
			Shale, not well exposed; may include basal limestone of Anna shale	10.8±
			Shale, gray and yellow; contains lenses of dark blue and brown limestone in upper 4 feet	16.0
			Limestone, dark gray, thin-bedded, carbonaceous	0.2
			Shale, gray	0.3
			Coal	0.45
			Shale, gray, well bedded	1.0±
			Sandstone, gray and brown, calcareous, resembles limestone in weathered outcrop	2.0±
			Shale, light gray, sandy, micaceous	3.5±
			Shale, partly covered	exposed 6.0±

(72) W2 NE sec. 19, T. 25 S., R. 25 E.
Marmaton group
	Labette shale
			Shale, dark gray and black; contains a thin coal; deeply weathered	exposed 3.0±
	Fort Scott limestone (27.9 feet)
		Higginsville limestone member (14 feet)
			Limestone, light gray, more massive in upper part, weathered surface does not show distinct bedding; contains Chaetetes in upper part; giant crinoid fragments and an abundance of various fossil fragments on upper surface	13.0
			Limestone, yellow-gray	1.0
		Little Osage shale member (8.7 feet)
			Shale, yellow and gray	0.9
			Limestone (Houx), blue-gray in lower part, brown in upper part	0.6
			Shale, black, mostly fissile; contains small phosphatic concretions, coaly concretions in lower part	4.0
			Coal (Summit)	0.2
			Shale, dark gray, fissile in upper 0.5 foot, slakes into small blocks	3.0
		Blackjack Creek limestone member
			Limestone, bluish-gray, massive, conchoidal fracture	5.2
Cherokee shale
			Shale, black, blocky, not fissile; contains small black concretions, giant black limestone concretions in lower part	5.2
			Coal (Mulky)	1.4

(73) NE NW sec. 21, T. 25 S., R. 25 E.
	Fort Scott limestone (21.0 feet)
		Higginsville limestone member
			Limestone, medium light gray, weathers mottled brown and gray, slightly crystalline, irregular bedding, little flint in upper few inches; contains cup corals, crinoid fragments, and brachiopods	9.0
		Mine Creek shale member
			Shale, mostly covered by stone wall, gray in upper part	8.0±
		Blackjack Creek limestone member
			Limestone, brown, massive	4.0

(74) NW NW sec. 26, T. 25 S., R. 25 E. (Measured by R. C. Moore)
	Fort Scott limestone (13.5 feet exposed)
		Higginsville limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, irregular thin bedding	exposed 2.0±
		Mine Creek shale member (6 feet)
			Shale, black, fissile, lower 0.6 foot very soft	3.0
			Shale, gray, weathers into fine fragments	3.0
		Blackjack Creek limestone member
			Limestone, light drab gray, hard, impure, a single massive bed; contains scattered productids	5.5
Cherokee shale
			Shale, gray, calcareous, grades into shaly limestone, fossiliferous	1.5
			Shale, black, blocky; contains irregular small concretions	2.5
			Shale, black, fissile, hard, joints prominent; contains large concretions, pyritized fossils, and abundant Marginifera and Mesolobus	2.0
			Coal	1.2
			Shale, gray	exposed 1.0

(75) NW cor. sec. 1, T. 26 S., R. 22 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone, brown, micaceous	exposed 4.0±
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale
			Shale, yellow and gray; contains few calcareous nodules	6.0±
	Lenapah limestone
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, bluish-gray, nodular, top uneven	exposed 2.0±

(76) NW sec. 11, T. 26 S., R. 22 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone, brown and gray, fine-grained	5.0±
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale (16 feet)
			Shale with few pockets of sand	4.5±
			Limestone, nodular	0.0-0.5
			Shale, gray	11.0
	Lenapah limestone
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, gray, somewhat nodular	1.0±
	Nowata shale (9 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray	3.0
			Sandstone, micaceous	exposed 6.0

(77) Near NW cor. sec. 12, T. 26 S., R. 22 E.
Bourbon shale
		Shale, not well seen	exposed 6.0±
	Hepler sandstone
		Sandstone, mostly gray, some brown, massive in upper part; contains large mica flakes	7.8
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale
		Shale, greenish-gray, micaceous, platy	exposed 6.0

(78) Near cen. W2 sec. 13, T. 26 S., R. 22 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone, brown and gray, fine-grained	exposed 2.0±
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale
			Shale, gray	0.5±
	Lenapah limestone
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, bluish-gray, crinoidal	1.0±
		Perry Farm shale member
			Shale, gray; contains limestone nodules	exposed 2.0±

(79) Near SE cor. sec. 14, T. 26 S., R. 22 E.
	Altamont limestone (13.7 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member (6 feet exposed)
			Limestone, dove gray, dense; contains algal pellets in upper part and crinoid stems	exposed 4.0±
			Limestone, dove gray, oölitic appearing; contains algal pellets, crinoid stems, and sparse Composita sp.	2.0
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, calcareous, nodular; contains few phosphatic concretions	1.7
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, dove gray, dense, earthy; contains algal pellets	exposed 6.0±

(80) Cen. W line sec. 1, T. 26 S., R. 23 E.
	Bandera shale (25.3 feet exposed)
			Sandstone (Bandera Quarry)	exposed 4.0
			Shale, gray, limonitic and carbonaceous, blocky	15.0
			Limestone, nearly black, crystalline, slabby	0.3
			Limestone, nearly black, crystalline, massive	1.4
			Limestone, nearly black, massive	0.7
			Limestone, slabby, in shale	0.09
			Coal (Mulberry)	0.55
			Shale and underclay	2.0±
	Pawnee limestone
		Laberdie limestone member (16 feet exposed)
			Limestone, mostly a mass of Chaetetes, not well exposed	4.0±
			Limestone, light gray mottled, crystalline, thin irregular bedding	exposed 12.0±

(81) Near cen. N line sec. 2, T. 26 S., R. 23 E.
	Bandera shale (26 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray and yellow, limonitic, blocky	exposed 20.0±
			Limestone, black, slabby	2.0±
			Covered interval	4.0±
	Pawnee limestone
		Laberdie limestone member
			Limestone, mostly Chaetetes masses	exposed 1.0±

(82) Near cen. NE sec. 3. T. 26 S., R. 23 E.
	Altamont limestone (5 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, dense	exposed 3.0±
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, mostly gray, not well seen; contains phosphatic concretions	exposed 2.0±

(83) Near the NW cor. sec. 12, T. 26 S., R. 23 E.
	Bandera shale (8-36 feet exposed)
		Sandstone (Bandera Quarry), brown, mostly gray when fresh, micaceous, fine-grained, ferruginous, in channel	exposed 3.0-20.0
		Shale, gray and yellow, cut by channel filled with sandstone	exposed 5.0-16.0

(84) SW sec. 12, T. 26 S., R. 23 E.
	Pawnee limestone (34.3 feet exposed)
		Laberdie limestone member (24.5 feet exposed)
			Limestone, light gray, dense to crystalline, weathers as rough breccia, holds dip-slope in wide area	exposed 1.5
			Limestone, light gray, thin irregular bedding; contains brachiopods	21.0
			Limestone, dove gray, crystalline, in thin limy shale (may be part of Mine Creek member)	2.0±
		Mine Creek shale member
			Shale, not well seen	1.0±
		Myrick Station limestone member (7.3 feet)
			Limestone, brown and gray, shale break in upper part	3.0
			Limestone, brown and gray	4.3
		Anna shale member
			Shale, black with little gray shale at top, blocky	exposed 1.5

(85) Near cen. S2 sec. 19, T. 26 S., R. 23 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone and sandy shale, not well seen; may include Memorial shale	exposed 10.8
Unconformity (may occur a few feet higher)
Marmaton group
	Lenapah limestone (1.2 feet)
		Idenbro limestone member (1.2 feet)
			Limestone, gray, nodular	1.0±
			Limestone, brown, earthy	0.2
	Nowata shale (21.6 feet)
			Shale, yellow and gray, blocky	10.8
			Covered interval	10.8
	Altamont limestone (15.83 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, bluish-gray, dense to partly granular, algal not well seen	6.0±
		Lake Neosho shale member (2.33 feet)
			Shale, mostly gray; contains abundance of phosphatic nodules	1.0±
			Limestone	0.33
			Shale and limestone nodules	1.0±
		Tina limestone member (7.5 feet exposed)
			Limestone, dove gray, granular, earthy	1.0±
			Limestone, brownish-gray, earthy; contains concretionary-like masses of hard finely crystalline rock	exposed 6.5

(86) NE sec. 27, T. 26 S., R. 23 E.
	Bandera shale (43.0 feet exposed)
			Sandstone (Bandera Quarry), massive	exposed 5.0
			Shale, yellow and gray	38.0
			Covered interval	17.0
	Pawnee limestone
		Laberdie limestone
			Limestone, upper part exposed in drainage

(87) SW sec. 34, T. 26 S., R. 23 E.
	Altamont limestone (5.15 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, crystalline, thin-bedded	exposed 4.0
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, gray, fissile; contains phosphatic concretions	1.0
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, gray, earthy, nodular	0.15
	Bandera shale (56 feet exposed)
			Shale, yellow and gray, blocky	27.0±
			Sandstone, platy, thin-bedded	6.0
			Shale, yellow and gray, limonitic, carbonaceous, blocky	exposed 23.0±

(88) Near cen. S line sec. 8, T. 26 S., R. 24 E.
	Pawnee limestone (19.36 feet exposed)
		Laberdie limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, wavy-bedded; contains fusulines and sponges and Chaetetes in lower part	exposed 10.0:t
		Mine Creek shale member
			Shale, yellow	0.33
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, gray to brown, somewhat earthy	3.55
		Anna shale member (5.48 feet)
			Shale, gray and yellow	0.33
			Shale, black, platy, nearly coal in lower part	1.65
			Shale, black and gray	3.0
			Limestone, black, slabby	0.5
	Labette shale (8.73 feet exposed)
			Shale, yellow and gray, pockets of black	1.5
			Shale, dark blue, platy, grades into unit below	2.33
			Sandstone or sandy limestone	0.2
			Shale, yellow, silty, micaceous	2.2
			Limestone, blue, dense, hard	0.5
			Shale, yellow and gray, blocky	exposed 2.0±

(89) Near cen. S line SE sec. 10, T. 26 S., R. 24 E.
	Pawnee limestone (32.6 feet)
		Laberdie limestone member (15.4 feet exposed)
			Limestone, light gray, highly crystalline, wavy-bedded, brecciated appearing	4.6
			Limestone, light gray, wavy-bedded, not all well exposed	5.4
			Limestone, light gray, mostly dense; contains abundant "marklets"; not all well seen	5.4
			Covered interval, seemingly all limestone; may include Mine Creek shale and part of the Myrick Station limestone	3.0±
		Myrick Station limestone member (3.2 feet)
			Limestone, gray, very slightly crystalline to earthy, massive in upper part, thinner bedded in lower part	1.9
			Limestone, gray and partly brown, weathers brown, massive; contains crinoid fragments	1.3
		Anna shale member (11 feet)
			Shale, gray	0.2
			Shale, black, fissile	1.0±
			Shale, gray; contains lenses of calcareous sandstone	9.0
			Limestone, dark bluish-gray, massive	0.8
	Labette shale
			Shale, not well seen	exposed 4.0

(90) SW SE sec. 12, T. 26 S., R. 24 E.
	Pawnee limestone (13 feet exposed)
		Laberdie and Myrick Station limestone members
			Limestone, light gray in upper part, brown in lower part, more massive in lower part, not well exposed; may include a slight thickness of Mine Creek shale	exposed 10.0±
		Anna shale member (3.0 feet)
			Shale, yellow and gray	1.0
			Shale; contains small black concretions	2.0±
	Labette shale (22.8 feet exposed)
			Shale, yellow and gray	14.2
			Limestone, blue, hard, sandy in upper part	0.6
			Shale, gray and yellow	exposed 8.0±

(91) Near cen. sec. 6, T. 26 S., R. 25 E.
	Pawnee limestone (15.93 feet exposed)
		Laberdie limestone member (14.53 feet)
			Limestone, light and darker gray mottled, lighter parts are more crystalline than darker, irregular massive to medium thin beds, fossils stand out on weathered surfaces; contains large crinoid stems, few cup corals, and brachiopods	8.2
			Limestone and shale, carbonaceous and silty, irregular beds, shale breaks more plentiful in lower part	3.0
			Limestone, gray, carbonaceous; contains bands of Chaetetes and wavy bands of carbonaceous limestone with plentiful fusulines; irregular upper and lower surfaces	3.0-3.33
		Mine Creek shale member
			Shale, nearly black, fissile	0.3
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, dark gray, earthy	exposed 1.1

(92) Near cen. sec. 14, T. 27 S., R. 22 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale (29 feet)
			Shale, covered	21.0
			Shale, light gray, limonitic	8.0
	Lenapah limestone (14 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, gray, weathers lighter color, somewhat sandy appearing; contains brachiopods and crinoid fragments	3.0±
		Perry Farm shale member (5 feet)
			Limestone and shale, light gray, dense; limestone nodules in shale	2.0
			Shale, gray and yellow, slightly micaceous; contains sparse limestone nodules	2.0
			Limestone and shale; light gray nodular limestone in shale	1.0±
		Norfleet limestone member
			Limestone, dark gray, granular, alternating with limy shale	exposed 6.0

(93) Near NE cor. sec. 13, T. 27 S., R. 23 E.
	Pawnee limestone (6 feet exposed)
		Myrick Station limestone member (3.4 feet exposed)
			Limestone, gray, weathers brown, granular, irregular beds	exposed 2.5
			Limestone, brownish-gray, earthy, massive	0.9
		Anna shale member (2.6 feet)
			Shale, gray, flaky	0.6
			Shale, black, paper-thin beds; contains small black concretions, orbiculoids, and plant impressions	1.4
			Shale, dark gray, silty	0.2
			Limestone, dark gray, slightly crystalline, impregnated with carbonaceous material	0.4
	Labette shale
			Shale, not well seen	exposed 15.0

(94) Near cen. S line sec. 14, T. 27 S., R. 23 E.
	Altamont limestone
	Bandera shale (30 feet exposed)
		Covered interval	20.0
		Sandstone, brown, ferruginous, micaceous, well cemented	3.0
		Sandstone, gray and yellow, limonitic, shaly in upper part	10.8
		Sandstone, gray and yellow, thin-bedded, limonitic	5.4
		Shale, gray and yellow, carbonaceous, limonitic	5.4
		Shale, gray, weathers red, limonitic, slightly carbonaceous	exposed 5.4

(95) NW cor. sec. 24, T. 27 S., R. 23 E.
	Altamont limestone (5 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, poorly seen	exposed 2.0±
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, gray; contains phosphatic concretions	3.0
	Bandera shale (43 feet exposed)
			Sandstone, weathered, not well exposed	27.0
			Shale, micaceous, sandy in lower part	exposed 16.0

(96) Cen. E line sec. 2, T. 27 S., R. 24 E.
	Pawnee limestone (24.6 feet exposed)
		Laberdie limestone member (12.5 feet exposed)
			Limestone, light gray, brecciated appearance, not all well seen	exposed 8.0±
			Limestone, light gray, brecciated appearance, thinner beds than unit above, not all well exposed	4.5
		Myrick Station limestone member (8.4 feet)
			Limestone, gray, massive	5.0
			Covered interval	2.0
			Limestone, brown, massive	1.4
		Anna shale member (3.7 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray	0.6
			Shale, black, platy	1.1
			Shale, gray	exposed 2.0

(97) Near cen. E line NE SW sec. 7, T. 27 S., R. 24 E.
	Pawnee limestone (34.95 feet)
		Laberdie limestone member (30.4 feet)
			Limestone, mostly covered	20.0-25.0
			Limestone, light gray, slightly crystalline, irregular wavy beds, slightly more massive in lower part; contains Chaetetes in lower part	5.4
		Mine Creek shale member
			Shale, gray, slightly carbonaceous	0.25
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, brown and gray, very slightly crystalline, more massive in lower part; contains "worm borings" and large fusulines	1.5±
		Anna shale member (1.8 feet)
			Shale, gray	0.3
			Shale, black, fissile; contains small black concretions	1.1
			Shale, gray; contains oblong phosphatic concretions	0.1
			Limestone, dark, slabby, weathers light gray and rough with fossil fragments	0.0-0.3

(98) Near the NE cor. sec. 13, T. 27 S., R. 24 E.
	Pawnee limestone (8.83 feet)
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, brown and gray, massive	5.0±
		Anna shale member (3.83 feet)
			Shale, gray	2.0±
			Shale, black, fissile; contains few small black concretions	1.25
			Shale, gray, silty	0.25
			Limestone, dark gray, nearly black, weathers rusty brown, earthy	0.33
	Labette shale (47.65 feet exposed)
			Underclay, gray, locally darker shade, shaly in upper part	1.45
			Shale, dark gray, scattered lighter bands	12.8
			Shale, light gray, blocky, grades into unit above	6.4
			Shale, light to dark gray, not well seen	exposed 27.0

(99) SE cor. sec. 18, T. 27 S., R. 24 E.
	Pawnee limestone (11.5 feet exposed)
		Laberdie and Myrick Station limestone members
			Limestone, mostly massive; contains "worm burrows" in lower part (Myrick Station) and large fusulines	exposed 10.0±
		Anna shale member (1.5 feet)
			Shale, gray	0.2-0.5
			Shale, black	1.0±
	Labette shale (8 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray and yellow; contains zone of hard limonitic concretions in basal part	5.0
			Shale, gray and yellow	exposed 3.0

(100) Near NW cor. sec. 19, T. 27 S., R. 24 E.
	Bandera shale (46.1 feet)
			Shale, gray and yellow, sandy; interval reaches nearly to base of Altamont limestone	6.0±
			Sandstone, gray and brown, shaly in lower part; contains "worm borings"	10.4
			Shale, gray and yellow, calcareous, blocky	5.4
			Shale, gray, blocky	2.0
			Shale, gray and yellow; contains limonitic concretions	5.4
			Shale, partly covered	5.4
			Shale, carbonaceous material in lower part, not all well seen	5.4
			Coal (Mulberry)	0.5±
			Shale, weathered, base not well exposed	6.0±
	Pawnee limestone
		Laberdie limestone member
			Limestone	exposed 0.5±

(101) Near cen. E line sec. 16, T. 27 S., R. 25 E.
Marmaton group
	Fort Scott limestone
		Blackjack Creek limestone member (6.5 feet exposed)
			Limestone, gray, massive- to thin-bedded; contains fusulines, echinoid and crinoid fragments, and "Aulopora" sp.; Chaetetes masses scattered throughout	exposed 5.5
			Limestone, gray, weathers brown, dense to earthy	0.9-1.0
Cherokee shale
			Shale, black, platy; contains small black oblong concretions and in lower part black impure. hard limestone concretions up to 1 foot in diameter	exposed 3.6

Stratigraphic Sections in Crawford County, Kansas (102-121)

(102) Near SW cor. sec. 25, T. 28 S., R. 21 E.
	Altamont limestone (6 feet)
		Tina limestone member (6 feet)
			Limestone, dark bluish-gray, dense to slightly granular, massive but wavy-bedded	1.5
			Shale, gray; contains Rhombopora sp.	0.25
			Limestone, dark bluish-gray, "Osagite" (granular algal) in upper part; contains abundant crinoid fragments, horn corals, and large rhomboporids; small brachiopods especially prominent on upper weathered surface	1.0
			Limestone, dark dove-gray; contains dense "cryptozoans" in upper part	0.75
			Shale and nodular limestone	0.2
			Shale and limestone nodules, shale yellow, limy; limestone nodules up to 1 foot long	2.2
			Limestone, impure	0.1

(103) Near cen. sec. 26, T. 28 S., R. 21 E.
	Altamont limestone
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, dark blue, cross-bedded, top hummocky, crinoidal; contains brachiopods and large echinoid spines	2.0
	Bandera shale (12.5 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray to slightly yellowish	6.5
			Shale, black, fissile	3.0
			Shale, black, blocky	exposed 3.0

(104) Near cen. E line sec. 36, T. 28 S., R. 21 E.
	Altamont limestone (5.8 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, dove-gray, brecciated appearing nodular in lower part	4.0
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, yellow	exposed 1.8

(105) Slightly (0.2 mile) south of cen. N. line sec. 14, T. 28 S., R. 22 E.
	Altamont limestone (4 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, dove-gray, crystalline, massive	2.0
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, yellow, limonitic, slightly sandy, poorly exposed; contains phosphatic concretions	exposed 2.0±

(106) Slightly south of cen. sec. 14, T. 28 S., R. 22 E.
	Bandera shale
		Sandstone, brown, fine-grained, slightly coarser in upper part, ripple-marked, definite contact at base	exposed 3.0
		Shale, gray; contains scattered thin layers of sandy shale and lenses of fine yellow sand	7.7
		Covered to water in creek	3.0

(107) Near cen. S2 SE sec. 23, T. 28 S., R. 22 E.
	Altamont limestone
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, gray to brown, cross-bedded, crinoidal	0.5
	Bandera shale
			Shale, clayey, gray and partly black	exposed 7.0

(108) Near SW cor. sec. 11, T. 28 S., R. 24 E.
Marmaton group
	Fort Scott limestone (35.21 feet)
		Higginsville limestone member
			Limestone, medium dark gray, dense to slightly crystalline, well bedded; contains wavy bands of crystalline calcite, Chaetetes in upper part, large crinoid stems, and fusulines	10.0±
		Little Osage shale member (6.25 feet)
			Shale, gray	1.25
			Shale, black, fissile	3.0
			Shale, gray	2.0
		Blackjack Creek limestone member (18.96 feet)
			Limestone, medium gray, wavy thin beds	14.0
			Limestone, light gray, crystalline; contains Chaetetes and many crinoid stems	2.75
			Shale	0-0.66
			Limestone, dove-gray, weathers tan, massive	1.55
Cherokee shale
			Shale, black	3.0
			Coal (Mulky)	1.0
			Shale, light gray, mostly covered	2.0
			Limestone (Breezy Hill), light gray, nodular, impure	1.25
			Shale, gray, calcareous	3.0
			Sandstone, forms pavement in creek

(109) NW sec. 15, T. 28 S., R. 24 E.
	Fort Scott limestone (8 feet exposed)
		Higginsville limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, wavy-bedded, more massive in lower part	exposed 5.0
		Little Osage shale member (3.0 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray	0.5
			Shale, black, platy	exposed 2.5

(110) Near cen. S line sec. 33, T. 28 S., R. 24 E.
	Pawnee limestone (17 feet)
		Laberdie limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, medium thin wavy beds	15.0
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, dark gray, weathers tan, massive	2.0

(111) Near cen. W line sec. 5, T. 28 S., R. 25 E.
Marmaton group
	Fort Scott limestone (10.4 feet)
		Blackjack Creek limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, slightly crystalline, mostly massive appearing, weathers into comparatively thin-bedded rock; contains Chaetetes occurring as lumpy masses up to 1 foot in diameter	6.5
			Shale, light gray to dark, irregular upper and lower contacts with limestone; contains large crinoid stems	0.2-0,3
			Limestone, medium gray, granular, massive, wavy carbonaceous zones at bedding contacts, locally nearly all carbonaceous; contains Chaetetes	1.5
			Shale, yellow, clay	0.2
			Limestone, dark bluish-gray, dense, upper part thinner bedded, lower part massive	1.9
Cherokee shale
			Shale, gray	0.1
			Shale, black, platy	3.0
			Coal (Mulky)	0.8
			Underclay	1.0
			Shale, gray	1.9
			Limestone (Breezy Hill), light gray, earthy, impure, nodular	1.5
			Sandstone and shale, gray; sandstone, fine-grained, micaceous, part massive and part lenticular	exposed 8.02:

(112) SW sec. 2, T. 29 S., R. 21 E.
	Altamont limestone
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, poorly exposed
	Bandera shale
			Covered	1.0
			Sandstone, massive	3.0
			Shale, distorted and cut out by limonitic concretions	0.5-1.5
			Sandstone, massive	exposed 1.0

(113) Near cen. E line NE sec. 27, T. 29 S., R. 21 E.
	Altamont limestone (2 feet exposed)
		Tina limestone member (2 feet exposed)
			Limestone, poorly exposed
			Limestone, dove-gray, dense, irregular rusty splotches	1.0±
			Limestone, gray, granular; contains abundant crinoid fragments	0.35-1.0
	Bandera shale
			Shale, gray and yellow, flaky; contains thin lenses of siltstone	exposed 10.0±

(114) Near SW cor. SE sec. 35, T. 29 S., R. 22 E.
	Pawnee limestone (6.2 feet exposed)
		Laberdie limestone member (3.5 feet exposed)
			Limestone, gray, slightly crystalline, wavy beds; contains "cryptozoans" and "Osagia" in upper part	exposed 1.2
			Limestone, dove-gray, weathers lighter color, crystalline, massive; contains large crinoid stems	2.3
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, gray, weathers brown, earthy, massive; contains abundant crinoid fragments, brachiopods, and small derbyoids	1.5
		Anna shale member (1.2 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray	0.2
			Shale, black, fissile	exposed 1.0±

(115) NW sec. 9, T. 29 S., R. 23 E.
	Pawnee limestone (10.6 feet exposed)
		Laberdie limestone member
			Limestone, light dove-gray, crystalline, fairly massive, wavy-bedded; contains large cup corals	exposed 6.0
		Mine Creek shale member
			Shale	0.1±
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, brown and dark gray, massive	2.0
		Anna shale member (2.5 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray	0.5±
			Shale, black	exposed 2.0±

(116) Near SE cor. sec. 11, T. 29 S., R. 23 E.
	Pawnee limestone (5.4 feet exposed)
		Laberdie limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, thin wavy-bedded	exposed 3.0±
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, dark gray and brown, weathers brown	1.4
		Anna shale member
			Shale, black, platy	exposed 1.0±

(117) SW SE sec. 16, T. 29 S., R. 24 E.
	Fort Scott limestone (8.75 feet exposed)
		Higginsville limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, carbonaceous coatings on wavy bedding planes	exposed 2.0
		Little Osage shale member
			Shale, black, platy	4.75
		Blackjack Creek limestone member
			Limestone; contains masses of Chaetetes	exposed 2.0±

(118) Near cen. N line sec. 19, T. 29 S., R. 24 E.
	Fort Scott limestone (11.8 feet exposed)
		Higginsville limestone member
			Limestone, light gray mottled, brecciated appearing; contains Chaetetes	exposed 5.0
			Limestone, medium to light cray, darker than unit above, carbonaceous material on wavy bedding planes; contains fusulines	4.5
			Shale, highly carbonaceous	0.1-0.2
			Limestone, dark gray, earthy	2.1
		Mine Creek shale member
			Shale, black, platy, small thickness exposed in quarry floor

(119) Near cen. N line sec. 23, T. 30 S., R. 21 E.
	Pawnee limestone (31.46 feet exposed)
		Laberdie limestone member (19.75 feet)
			Limestone, partly exposed along road west and north of exposure in lower beds	15.0
			Limestone, light gray, wavy-bedded, massive in lower part, crinoid stems	4.0
			Limestone, dark gray, earthy, slabby in lower part; contains many small brachiopods	0.75
		Mine Creek shale member
			Shale, gray and blocky in upper part, black and platy in lower part, hard concretionary-like zone in middle part; contains few brachiopods	1.56
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, medium light gray, upper surface hummocky, base even; contains calcite crystals in ashy matrix; contains large "cryptozoans" in upper part, few crinoid fragments, and Squamularia sp.	4.2-4.4
		Anna shale member (5.75 feet exposed)
			Shale, black, thin-bedded; contains flattened thin-shelled brachiopods	1.35
			Shale, very black, nearly coal, paper thin in upper part; contains hard small pyritic concretions	1.4
			Shale, very black, thin-bedded, flaky	exposed 3.0

(120) NW sec. 30, T. 30 S., R. 23 E.
Marmaton group
	Fort Scott limestone (9.5 feet exposed)
		Blackjack Creek limestone (9.5 feet exposed)
			Limestone, light gray, wavy-bedded; contains Chaetetes	6.0±
			Limestone, gray, dense; contains algal remains	2.5±
			Limestone, dark gray	1.0
Cherokee shale
			Shale, black, platy	4.0±
			Limestone (Breezy Hill)	2.0±

(121) SW sec. 19, T. 30 S., R. 24 F,.
	Fort Scott limestone (17.5 feet exposed)
		Higginsville limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, brecciated, thin-bedded in upper 10 feet and in lower 2 feet	exposed 15.0
		Little Osage shale member (2.5 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray	0.5
			Shale, black, platy	exposed 2.0

Stratigraphic Sections in Neosho County, Kansas (122-132)

(122) Near SW cor. sec. 29, T. 28 S., R. 21 E.
	Lenapah limestone (20.9 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, light dove-gray, finely crystalline, nodular, top surface irregular	2.0±
		Perry Farm shale member (18.9 feet)
			Shale, yellow, and small limestone nodules	3.5±
			Shale, yellow, micaceous, slightly silty	5.4
			Shale, yellow, micaceous; contains small limestone nodules, more numerous in lower part	10.0
			Covered interval	15.0±
	Altamont limestone
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, small thickness exposed in creek

(123) SE sec. 30, T. 28 S., R. 21 E.
	Lenapah limestone (5.38 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member and upper part of Perry Farm shale member
			Nearly all covered	6.0±
		Perry Farm shale member (5.38 feet)
			Limestone and shale, great mass of small limestone nodules in shale; thin lenticular limestone beds in lower part	4.0±
			Limestone, dark, crystalline	0-0.2
			Shale, yellow	0.85
			Limestone, dark gray, dense to slightly crystalline	0-0.33
	Nowata shale
			Shale, gray and yellow, slightly silty	exposed 2.0

(124) Slightly east of cen. N line sec. 31, T. 28 S., R. 21 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
		Sandstone, gray, weathers brown, fine-grained, well bedded	exposed 3.0
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale
		Shale, gray, clayey; contains small lenses of sandstone exposed	5.0

(125) Near cen. W. line sec. 33, T. 28 S., R. 21 E.
	Altamont limestone (6.5 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, gray, weathers brown, crystalline	1.0
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, not well exposed; contains phosphatic concretions	3.0±
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, dove-gray, earthy, top irregular; contains few fossil fragments	2.5
	Bandera shale (5 feet)
			Covered	1.0
			Sandstone	4.0±

(126) Near cen. S2 SW sec. 28, T. 29 S., R. 20 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone, poorly exposed	(?)
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale (18 feet)
			Covered	10.9
			Shale, gray, limonitic, base irregular	8.0
	Lenapah limestone (18 feet)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, gray, weathers lighter shade, ashy to earthy, irregular bedding; contains pelecypods in upper part and large productids	3.0
		Perry Farm shale member (9 feet)
			Shale, gray; contains light-gray dense limestone nodules	2.0
			Shale, slightly micaceous; contains few limestone nodules	2.0
			Shale and nodular limestone	1.0
			Covered	4.0
		Norfleet limestone member
			Shale, limy, and limestone, dark gray, nodular	exposed 6.0

(127) Slightly south of NW cor. SW sec. 36, T. 29 S., R. 20 E.
	Altamont limestone (12.8 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, crystalline; contains brachiopods	exposed 1.5
		Lake Neosho shale member (5 feet)
			Shale, gray to yellow, somewhat flaky	3.0
			Shale, black, fissile; contains phosphatic nodules with shark teeth and bones	1.0
			Shale, light gray	1.0
		Tina limestone member (6.3 feet)
			Limestone, medium gray, weathers slightly brown, nodular, algal in upper part, upper surface irregular; contains few brachiopods, mostly as fragments	1.3
			Shale, black	2.0
			Limestone, medium gray, slightly darker than first limestone above, slightly crystalline, few crystal faces, mostly dense, nodular; upper surface irregular, base slightly irregular	3.0
	Bandera shale
			Shale, gray, slightly limonitic	exposed 3.0

(128) Near cen. W line sec. 30, T. 29 S., R. 21 E.
	Altamont limestone (18.51 feet)
		Worland limestone member (8 feet)
			Limestone, gray, weathers nearly white, semilithographic, thin beds	1.15
			Limestone, gray, slightly crystalline to dense, massive, weathers into corrugated surfaces; contains large horn corals, crinoid stems, and few brachiopods; also many Ambocoelia sp. in lower part	6.85
		Lake Neosho shale member (4.71 feet)
			Shale, gray, flaky to blocky	1.6-1.75
			Shale, very black, blocky, slightly thinner bedded in upper part; contains phosphatic concretions in lower and middle parts	2.3
			Shale, gray, slightly carbonaceous, silty, flaky; contains many flattened brachiopods in lower part	0.66
		Tina limestone member (5.8 feet)
			Limestone, dark gray, earthy, nodular	0.2
			Shale; contains nodular limestone	0.5
			Limestone, gray, weathers light tan, earthy, no bedding; contains many fossil fragments	1.5
			Shale, gray, darker in upper part; contains small hard limestone nodules in lower part	1.8
			Limestone, dark dove-gray, dense to very slightly crystalline, weathers as one bed with faint indication of bedding in lower part; contains Composita sp., mostly as fragments	1.8
	Bandera shale (6.3 feet exposed)
			Shale and finely crystalline limestone nodules	1.3
			Shale, gray; contains small limestone lenses	5.0

(129) Near NE cor. SE NE sec. 11, T. 30 S., R. 20 E.
	Altamont limestone (7+ feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, poorly exposed, weathered	?
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, poorly exposed; contains phosphatic nodules	?
		Tina limestone member (7 feet)
			Limestone, gray, granular, top irregular; contains fossil fragments	1.0
			Shale, gray, flaky	0.9
			Limestone, light gray, slightly crystalline, massive, weathers into a rock 6f brecciated and nodular appearance; contains many crinoid fragments in upper part	4.0
			Shale, gray	0.1
			Limestone, light gray, crystalline, shaly, thin beds; irregular contact at base	1.0
	Bandera shale (10 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray and yellow, limonitic	4.0
			Sandstone, buff, fine-grained, micaceous, laminated, part massive, part shaly and thin-bedded	exposed 6.0

(130) Near SW cor. SE SE sec. 12, T. 30 S., R. 20 E.
	Altamont limestone
		Topographic bench
	Bandera shale (57 feet)
		Covered	16.0
		Sandstone, gray and tan, somewhat massive, ripple-marked	6.0
		Sandstone, in thin beds, and shale, gray and yellow, containing rounded sandstone pellets	12.0
		Shale, dark gray; contains concretionary-like slightly limonitic clay masses up to 1 foot in diameter	exposed 7.0
		Covered interval to flood plain of Neosho river	16.0

(131) SE SE sec. 22, T. 30 S., li. 20 E.
	Lenapah limestone
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, nodular, somewhat brecciated	exposed 2.5±
		Perry Farm shale member
			Shale and limestone nodules	exposed 10.0±
(Continuous downward through covered interval into section no. 132)

(132) NW sec. 23, T. 30 S., R. 20 E.
	Altamont limestone (15.35 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, weathers lighter shade, brittle; contains thin lenses of flint	exposed 2:5
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, upper part gray and yellow, flaky; lower part black, fissile; contains phosphatic concretions	5.4
		Tina limestone member (7.45 feet)
			Limestone, bluish-gray and brown mottled, thin-bedded; contains crinoid stems and other fossil fragments	1.5
			Shale, gray	0.5-0.6
			Limestone, gray, somewhat crystalline, mostly granular to earthy, massive; contains crinoid fragments and brachiopods	1.3
			Limestone, gray, weathered surfaces splotched with iron rust, nodular and brecciated, largely algal; contains abundant fusulines in lower part, "Fistulipora" sp., crinoid remains, and pelecypod fragments	2.0-2.3
			Shale, gray, flaky; top surface irregular	0.25
			Limestone, dove-gray, slightly mottled, dense, irregular bedding; contains Mesolobus sp.	1.5
	Bandera shale (39+ feet exposed)
			Shale, gray, flaky, sandy in lower part	7.0
			Sandstone	4.0
			Shale, gray	11.0
			Shale, sandy	17.0
			Sandstone	?

Stratigraphic Sections in Labette County, Kansas (133-177)

(133) Near NE cor. sec. 25, T. 31 S., R. 19 E.
	Altamont limestone (4.7 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, somewhat crystalline, irregular bedded; contains large fusulines	exposed 2.0
		Lake Neosho shale member (2.7 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray	1.7
			Shale, black, weathered; contains phosphatic nodules	exposed 1.0

(134) Near cen. W line sec. 26, T. 31 S., R. 19 E.
	Memorial shale (2.75 feet exposed)
			Shale, black, fissile	0.5
			Coal	0.25
			Shale, greenish-gray, limonitic, carbonaceous near top, well bedded	2.0
	Lenapah limestone (3.2 feet)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, gray to slightly yellow, earthy, blocky	1.0
		Perry Farm shale
			Shale, olive-colored, thin to flaky-bedded, and limestone nodules slightly more than 1 inch in diameter, hard, dense, weather rusty brown	2.2

(135) Near cen. E line sec. 27, T. 31 S., R. 19 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone, gray and brown, irregular contact at base	4.0
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale (18.6 feet)
			Shale, gray, partly covered	5.4
			Shale, gray, clayey	5.4
			Shale, gray, clayey, slightly sandy	5.4
			Coal; contains coalified logs	0.4
			Shale, gray	2.0
	Lenapah limestone (7,9 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, gray, dense, nodular especially in upper part	1.9
		Perry Farm shale member
			Shale, gray; contains limestone nodules	exposed 6.0

(136) NE cor. sec. 20, T. 31 S., R. 20 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
		Sandstone, brown, fine-grained, micaceous, well bedded, definite contact with shale below	exposed 1.0
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale
		Shale, yellow and gray, blocky; contains thin lenses of sand	exposed 3.0

(137) NW sec. 30, T. 31 S., R. 20 E.
	Nowata shale
			Shale, gray, weathered	2.0
	Altamont limestone (14.6 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member (14.6 feet exposed)
			Limestone, gray, crystalline to earthy, thin nodular beds; contains Mesolobus and rhomboporids	0.5
			Shale, gray, clayey, flaky	3.2
			Limestone, dark gray to bluish-brown, nodular in upper part	3.0
			Limestone, light gray, dense, semilithographic, especially in the upper part, lower part weathers as nodular breccia; contains large fusulines and few brachiopods	exposed 7.9

(138) Near cen. sec. 30, T. 31 S., R. 20 E.
	Altamont limestone
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, dense, massive; contains sparse flint nodules, fusulines, and brachiopods	exposed 12.0
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, black, small amount exposed in drainage ditch in quarry floor	reported by quarry foreman 4.0
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone	reported by quarry foreman 8.0

(139) Near NW cor. sec. 31, T. 31 S., R. 20 E.
	Altamont limestone (8.3 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, gray splotched with brown in upper part and brownish-gray, weathers yellow, dense; base uneven; contains crinoid fragments	exposed 1.5
		Lake Neosho shale member (5.8 feet)
			Shale, gray; contains Ambocoelia sp. and Marginifera sp.	4.0
			Shale, black; contains sparse phosphatic concretions	1.0
			Shale, gray	0.8
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, gray, granular; upper surface uneven	exposed 1.0

(140) Slightly west of cen. N line sec. 19, T. 31 S., R. 21 E.
	Pawnee limestone (10 feet exposed)
		Laberdie limestone member
			Limestone, debris
			Limestone, light gray, crystalline	0.5
		Mine Creek shale member (?)
			Covered	1.5
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, brown, earthy	5.0
		Anna shale member (3 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray, flaky	1.0
			Shale, black	exposed 2.0±

(141) Near SW cor. sec. 26, T. 31 S., R. 21 E.
Marmaton group
	Fort Scott limestone
		Blackjack Creek limestone member
			Limestone, brownish-gray, weathers brown, earthy, massive	exposed 4.0±
Cherokee shale
			Shale, black	10.0±
			Sandstone	exposed 4.0

(142) Near cen. sec. 35, T. 32 S., R. 18 E.
Bourbon shale
		Shale, not well exposed
		Coal	0.6
	Hepler sandstone
		Limestone, bluish-brown, sandy, massive	0-1.35
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale (25-35 feet)
		Shale, contains Mesolobus and "Trachypora"	10-15.0
		Covered interval	15-20.0
	Lenapah limestone

(143) SW sec. 35, T. 32 S., R. 18 E.
	Lenapah limestone (18-23 feet)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, light dove-gray, slightly crystalline, nodular; contains brachiopods	5.0±
		Perry Farm shale member
			Shale, gray, partly covered	10.-15.0
		Norfleet limestone member
			Limestone, dove-gray, massive; contains abundant Dictyoclostus sp.; becomes hummocky mass of slabby granular impure limestone containing plant fossils within a short distance	3.0
	Nowata shale
			Shale, mostly black, platy; contains dark limestone nodules in lower part	5.0±
	Altamont limestone
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, dense	exposed 1.0±

(144) SW SW sec. 2, T. 32 S., R. 19 E.
	Lenapah limestone (19 feet)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, gray, dense, nodular, weathers into flaky mass; contains algal remains	7.0±
		Perry Farm shale member
			Shale, calcareous; contains many limestone nodules	10.0±
		Norfleet limestone member
			Limestone, gray, nodular, shaly; contains Marginifera sp. and Squamularia sp.	2.0±
	Nowata shale
			Shale, gray, calcareous	exposed 2.0

(145) Near cen. S line sec. 17, T. 32 S., R. 19 E.
Bourbon shale
		Shale, gray; contains fragments of coal and fossil wood	exposed 2.0
	Hepler sandstone
		Sandstone or sandy limestone, more calcareous and less sandy in lower part; contains "worm borings" in upper part	2.0
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale
		Shale, bluish-gray, fossiliferous	exposed 2.0

(146) Near cen. N line sec. 20, T. 32 S., R. 19 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
		Sandstone, gray and brown, blocky	exposed 2.0±
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale
		Shale, gray	exposed 6.0±

(147) Near cen. W line sec. 20, T. 32 S., R. 19 E.
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone, brown, weathered	exposed 2.0±
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale
			Shale, gray, flaky	7.0±
	Lenapah limestone (6 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, gray, nodular, distinctly bedded in upper part, lower part transitional into nodular limestone and shale in unit below	2.0±
		Perry Farm shale member
			Shale, gray; contains many limestone nodules	4.0±
			Covered interval, including Norfleet limestone (?) and Nowata shale	20.0±
	Altamont limestone
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray	exposed 1.0±

(147a) Near SE cor. NW NW sec. 26, T. 32 S., R. 19 E.
	Altamont limestone
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, dove-gray to white; chiefly great masses of Chaetetes colonies, black carbonaceous films along irregular bedding surfaces; contains vugs of crystalline calcite and spare Dictyoclostus sp.	7.5
	Bandera shale
			Shale, dark gray	few inches exposed

(148) Near NY cor. sec. 3, T. 32 S., R. 21 E.
	Fort Scott limestone
		Blackjack Creek limestone member (10.5 feet exposed)
			Limestone, gray, brecciated appearing; contains sparse flint, abundant small fusulines, and abundant Chaetetes	exposed 6.0
			Limestone, gray, crystalline; contains cup corals	4.5

(149) Near NE cor. sec. 8, T. 32 S., R. 21 E.
	Fort Scott limestone (17.5 feet exposed)
		Higginsville limestone member
			Limestone, light dove-gray, irregular beds 0.3-0.6 foot thick; contains brachiopods	exposed 2.5
		Little Osage shale member
			Shale, black except small amount of gray in upper part, fissile	5.0
		Blackjack Creek limestone member
			Limestone, gray, granular; contains Chaetetes	exposed 10.0

(150) Cen. E line sec. 24, T. 32 S., R. 2~ E.
Marmaton group
	Fort Scott limestone (4 feet exposed)
		Blackjack Creek limestone member (4 feet exposed)
			Limestone, light gray, weathers lighter shade, granular to slightly crystalline	exposed 3.0
			Limestone, brown, earthy ("Cement rock")	1.0±
Cherokee shale
			Shale, black, with small thickness of gray at top, fissile; contains flattened phosphatic concretions	4.0
			Limestone (Breezy Hill) sandy, earthy, nodular, more sand in lower part	1.6
			Shale, sandy	0.5
			Sandstone, massive, and sandy shale	exposed 6.0

(151) SE NE sec. 29, T. 32 S., R. 21 E.
Marmaton group
	Fort Scott limestone (4 feet exposed)
		Blackjack Creek limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, weathers somewhat lighter in color, granular to slightly crystalline	3.0±
			Limestone, brown, earthy, massive ("Cement rock")	1.0±
Cherokee shale
			Shale, small thickness of gray in upper part, mostly black, fissile; contains flattened phosphatic concretions	4.0
			Limestone (Breezy Hill), sandy, earthy, nodular, more sand in lower part	1.6
			Shale, sandy	5.0
			Sandstone, massive, and sandy shale	6.0

(152) Near cen. W line sec. 1, T. 33 S., R. 18 E., along Pumpkin creek, north, below, and south of highway bridge
	Lenapah limestone (10.2 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, light gray in upper part, slightly darker gray in lower part, slightly crystalline to earthy; contains Dictyoclostus sp. and other brachiopods	exposed 1.5
		Perry Farm shale member
			Shale and nodular limestone, gray, weathers yellow in upper part and dark gray to nearly black in lower part; upper part locally weathers as nodular limestone in shale	7.5
		Norfleet limestone member
			Limestone, nearly black, slabby, locally massive; locally a mass of fossil fragments, Marginifera sp., Dictyoclostus sp., and Neospirifer sp.	1.2
	Nowata shale
			Shale, not all well exposed, nearly black in part	6.0
	Altamont limestone
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, dove-gray, dense, small thickness exposed in creek	0.5
Note: Rocks here dip at relatively steep angles in several directions, probably owing to intraformational slumping.

(153) NE sec. 2, T. 33 S., R. 18 E.
	Lenapah limestone (5.5 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, thin uneven bedding; contains sparse flint nodules in upper part, large horn corals, organ pipe corals, crinoid fragments, and Dictyoclostus sp.	exposed 3.0
		Perry Farm shale member
			Shale; contains abundant limestone nodules	exposed 2.5

(154) Near cen. NW sec. 2, T. 33 S., R. 18 E.
Bourbon shale
		Limestone (upper part of Checkerboard), bluish-gray, cross-bedded, crinoidal	0.7
		Shale, buff, silty	0.7
		Limestone (lower part of Checkerboard), ferruginous, fossiliferous	0.2
		Shale, gray; contains crinoid fragments, Derbyia sp., Composita sp., and gastropods	6.5
		Coal	0.3
		Shale or underclay; contains silicified wood	1.0
	Hepler sandstone (2 feet)
		Limestone, sandy, nodular	1.0
		Sandstone, buff, calcareous; contains brachiopods	1.0
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale
		Shale, gray in upper part, dark gray in lower part; contains Mesolobus sp. and large productids in upper part, a thin zone packed with "Trachypora" austini about 3 feet from base, and abundant "Aulopora" sp. and Lophophyllum sp. in lower part	exposed 13.7

(155) Near cen. S line sec. 2, T. 33 S., R. 18 E.
	Lenapah limestone (11.5 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member (3 feet exposed)
			Limestone, dove-gray, thin irregular-bedded; contains many fossil fragments	2.0
			Limestone, dove-gray, massive; upper part largely a mass of organ pipe corals	1.0
		Perry Farm shale (8.5 feet exposed)
			Shale and nodular limestone; contains abundant Marginifera sp.	4.0
			Shale, dark gray, somewhat flaky; contains local thin limestone lenses, abundant gastropods, Ambocoelia sp., and Mesolobus sp.	exposed 4.5
Note: Large numbers of specimens of "Trachypora" austini which have been weathered from the overlying Memorial shale, carried downstream, and deposited at the natural dam formed by the Idenbro limestone occur here.

(156) NE sec. 11, T. 33 S., R. 18 E.
Bourbon shale
			Limestone (Checkerboard), cross-bedded; a coquina composed chiefly of spired gastropods	0.5
			Shale, gray and yellow, limonitic	24.0
			Coal	0.3
			Underclay	1.0
			Shale	2.0
	Hepler sandstone
			Limestone, sandy	1.0
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale (18.4 feet)
			Coal	0.2
			Shale, gray, silty; contains crinoid fragments, Mesolobus sp., Chonetes sp., and productids	14.0
			Shale, black	1.4
			Coal	0.8
			Underclay	2.0
	Lenapah limestone
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, upper surface hummocky, slight thickness exposed in drainage
Note: The unconformity between the Marmaton and Bourbon groups (Desmoinesian-Missourian series) may be below the next coal below the Hepler sandstone.

(157) Near NW cor. sec. 21, T. 33 S., R. 18 E.
Bourbon shale
			Sandstone, brown and gray	exposed 3.0±
Unconformity
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale
			Shale, gray and yellow, concretionary	10.0±
			Shale, gray and partly black	20.0±
			Coal	0.3±
			Shale, black	15.0±
	Lenapah limestone
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, gray, nodular, few inches exposed

(158) NW NW sec. 23, T. 33 S., R. 18 E.
	Lenapah limestone (7.9 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member (3.8 feet exposed)
			Limestone, gray, slabby; contains large solitary corals	exposed 2.0±
			Limestone, light gray, irregular-bedded, massive	1.8±
		Perry Farm shale member (4.1 feet exposed)
			Shale and nodular limestone	1.6
			Limestone, dove-gray, nodular, irregular upper and lower surfaces; contains Marginifera sp. and fucoids	0.5
			Shale and nodular limestone; contains Marginifera sp. and Chonetes sp.	exposed 2.0±

(159) NW NW and SW sec. 35, T. 33 S., R. 18 E.
	Lenapah limestone (12 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, weathered	exposed 1.0±
		Perry Farm shale member
			Shale, gray, and limestone nodules ranging from a fraction of an inch to several inches in diameter; brachiopods, gastropods, and pelecypods abundant	10.0
		Norfleet limestone member
			Limestone, dark gray, weathers brown, slabby	1.0±
	Nowata shale
			Shale, gray and black in upper part, lower part covered	5.5
	Altamont limestone (14.7 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member (12.2 feet)
			Limestone, medium dark dove-gray, thin-bedded	0.33
			Limestone, dove-gray, dense, semilithographic, somewhat more granular in lower part, even-bedded, massive, irregular contact with unit below	5.67
			Shale, gray	0.0-0.2
			Limestone, dove-gray, dense; contains brachiopods	6.0±
		Lake Neosho shale member (2.5 feet exposed)
			Shale, bluish-gray, calcareous; contains brachiopods	0.5
			Shale, black, platy	exposed 2.0±

(160) Near cen. W line sec. 5, T. 33 S., R. 19 E.
	Altamont limestone (11 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, crystalline, somewhat massive	exposed 3.0
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, mostly covered, partly black, fissile; contains phosphatic concretions	2.0
		Tina limestone member (6 feet exposed)
			Limestone, mostly a mass of Chaetetes; contains few brachiopods	5.0
			Limestone, brownish-gray, crystalline to earthy	exposed 1.0

(161) Near SE cor. sec. 18, T. 33 S., R. 19 E.
	Lenapah limestone (3.7 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, crystalline, thin-bedded	exposed 1.5
		Perry Farm shale member
			Shale, gray and yellow, calcareous	2.0
		Norfleet limestone member
			Limestone, nodular	0.2
	Nowata shale
			Shale, gray	exposed 4.0±

(162) Near NE cor. SE SE sec. 19, T. 33 S., R. 19 E.
	Altamont limestone
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone; large blocks of Chaetetes limestone, mostly covered
			Limestone, brownish-gray, crystalline; contains abundant fossil fragments	1.0
	Bandera shale
			Shale, yellow, limonitic, blocky	exposed 6.0

(163) Near SW cor. sec. 3, T. 33 S., R. 20 E.
	Pawnee limestone (10.2 feet exposed)
		Myrick Station limestone member (5.3 feet exposed)
			Limestone, dark brownish-gray, grayer in lower part, weathers brown, crystalline to slightly earthy	exposed 4.0
			Limestone, dove-gray, crystalline, base irregular	1.2-1.3
		Anna shale member (4.9 feet)
			Shale, gray, calcareous; contains Ambocoelia sp. and crinoid fragments	1.4
			Shale, black, fissile, basal part not well exposed	3.0
			Limestone, dark gray, nearly black, crystalline, slabby, shaly in lower part; contains fossil fragments	0.5
	Labette shale (2.7 feet exposed)
			Shale, dark gray	2.0
			Coal	0.2
			Shale, dark gray, carbonaceous	0.5
			Shale, in covered slope

(164) NW NW sec. 22, T. 33 S., R. 20 E.
	Pawnee limestone (9.25 feet exposed)
		Laberdie limestone member (4 feet exposed)
			Limestone, weathered blocks; contains Chaetetes and fusulines	exposed 2.0±
			Limestone, light gray, earthy to crystalline, hard, somewhat wavy-bedded	2.0±
		Mine Creek shale member
			Shale, gray, flaky; contains Hustedia sp. and Punctospirifer sp.	0.55
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, weathered to light tan, earthy; contains wavy laminations and crinoid fragments	0.25-0.5
		Anna shale member (4.2 feet)
			Shale, gray with black splotches, flaky	2.2
			Shale, black; contains small black concretions	2.0±
	Labette shale
			Shale, gray	exposed 1.0±

(165) SW NW sec. 16, T. 33 S., R. 21 E.
Marmaton group
	Fort Scott limestone
		Blackjack Creek limestone member
			Limestone, covered
			Limestone, gray, earthy to crystalline	exposed 0.4
Cherokee shale
			Shale, gray	0.4
			Shale, black; contains small black crystalline concretions	2.6
			Shale, gray, silty	0.4
			Limestone (Breezy Hill), brown and gray, nodular, irregular upper and lower surfaces	1.0±
			Shale, sandy	15.0
			Sandstone	exposed 5.0±

(166) Near NE cor. sec. 23, T. 34 S., R. 17 E.
	Lenapah limestone (11.7 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member (4.4 feet exposed)
			Limestone, gray, crystalline, thinner bedded in upper part, nodular throughout but more nodular in upper part, fossiliferotis	3.0
			Shale, gray, fossiliferous	0.4
			Limestone, medium light gray, crystalline	1.0
		Perry Farm shale member (6.3 feet)
			Shale and limestone nodules; contains gastropods, Ambocoelia sp., and Marginifera sp.	3.0-4.0
			Limestone, dark gray, dense, hard, concretionary	0.3
			Shale, calcareous	2.0
		Norfleet limestone member
			Limestone, dark gray, impure, slabby, grades into shale above	1.0
	Nowata shale
			Covered	18.0
	Altamont limestone
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, a few inches exposed in drainage

(167) Near cen. S line sec. 26, T. 34 S., R. 17 E.
	Altamont limestone (17.6 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, earthy to crystalline, wavy-bedded; contains sparse flint exposed	4.0
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, not well exposed, mostly black	2.0
		Tina limestone member (11.6 feet)
			Limestone, light gray, chiefly a mass of Chaetetes	4.0
			Limestone, light gray, massive, pitted from weathering	2.0
			Limestone, light gray; contains Chaetetes in upper part, brecciated in lower part	4.7
			Limestone, light gray, massive; contains fusulines in upper part	0.9
	Bandera shale (9.4 feet exposed)
			Shale, covered	5.4
			Sandstone, fine-grained, micaceous, cross-bedded, ripplemarked	exposed 4.0

(168) Near cen. E line sec. 5, T. 34 S., R. 18 E.
	Lenapah limestone (6.2 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, dove-gray, thin wavy beds; contains abundant brachiopods	exposed 1.5
		Perry Farm shale member (4.7 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray and yellow, slightly limonitic, fossiliferous; contains limestone lenses in upper part	1.5
			Limestone, nodular	0.2±
			Shale, gray, fissile	exposed 3.0

(169) Slightly east of cen. N line sec. 7, T. 34 S., R. 18 E.
	Lenapah limestone (22.9 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, light dove-gray, somewhat crystalline, fossiliferous	exposed 1.0:t Perry Farm shale member (21.9 feet)
			Shale, gray, fossiliferous; contains limestone nodules	16.0±
			Limestone, impure, nodular	0.5±
			Shale, gray, mostly covered	5.4
		Norfleet limestone member
			Limestone, a few inches exposed
Note: Worland limestone member of Altamont limestone is exposed in creek at low water stage.

(170) Near NE cor. sec. 20, T. 34 S., R. 18 E.
	Lenapah limestone (13.5 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, light to dove-gray, holds extensive dip slope	exposed 3.0
		Perry Farm shale member
			Shale; contains limestone nodules, abundant mollusks, and Mesolobus sp.	10.0
		Norfleet limestone member
			Limestone, dark gray, slabby	exposed 0.5
Note: Worland limestone member of Altamont limestone is exposed in drainage about 20 feet below this section.

(171) Near cen. W line sec. 23, T. 34 S., R. 18 E.
	Altamont limestone (20 feet exposed)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, light dove-gray	exposed 2.0-3.0
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, covered; contains abundant phosphatic concretions	2.0-3.0
		Tina limestone member (14.9 feet)
			Limestone, light gray, crystalline	3.0
			Limestone, somewhat earthy; contains Chaetetes	1.2
			Limestone, largely masses of Chaetetes; contains Dictyoclostus sp.	2.0
			Limestone, chiefly masses of Chaetetes	2.5
			Limestone, medium gray, crystalline; contains abundant Chaetetes in upper and middle parts and abundant small fusulines in lowest 2 feet	5.4
			Limestone, dark gray, massive, somewhat indefinite contact with shale below	0.8
	Bandera shale
			Shale, gray and yellow; contains thin lenses of limestone in upper few inches and a few large limonitic concretions in lower half	exposed 10.0

(172) SE sec. 9, T. 34 S., R. 20 E.
Marmaton group
	Fort Scott limestone (28.2 feet exposed)
		Higginsville limestone member (6.2 feet exposed)
			Limestone, dove-gray, somewhat wavy-bedded; contains many "marklets" in upper part and echinoid fragments	exposed 3.7
			Limestone, covered	2.0
			Limestone, light gray, slightly granular	0.5
		Little Osage shale member
			Shale, black, fissile	4:5
		Blackjack Creek limestone member (17.5 feet)
			Limestone, light gray, weathers slightly buff, powdery, massive; contains fusulines	7.5
			Limestone, gray, slightly darker than unit above, irregular bedding; contains sparse flint and carbonaceous streaks; irregular contact with unit above	10.0
Cherokee shale
			Shale, black, a slight thickness exposed in quarry floor

(173) Near SW cor. sec. 1, T. 35 S., R. 17 E.
	Lenapah limestone (6.4 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, light gray; contains brachiopods	exposed 3.0
		Perry Farm shale member (3.4 feet exposed)
			Shale and limestone nodules	3.0±
			Limestone, gray, concretionary	0-0.4±
	Nowata shale
			Shale, gray	exposed 6.0±

(174) Near cen. W side sec. 12, T. 35 S., R. 17 E.
	Lenapah limestone (12.8 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, light gray to medium dark gray, darker in lower part, deeply weathered, holds low escarpments	exposed 2.0
		Perry Farm shale member
			Shale, gray, calcareous, fossiliferous, and limestone nodules; contains abundant gastropods and less abundant brachiopods	5.0
		Norfleet limestone member (5.8 feet exposed)
			Shale and impure limestone, dark gray	1.7
			Limestone, impure	0.3
			Shale and impure limestone, bluish-gray	1.9
			Limestone, tan, impure, massive	1.9
	Nowata shale
			Shale, dark bluish-gray, blocky	exposed 3.0

(175) Near SE cor. sec. 11, T. 35 S., R. 18 E.
	Altamont limestone
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, gray, weathers brown	1.5
	Bandera shale (8.55 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray, calcareous in upper part	3.5
			Coal	0.05±
			Shale, gray and yellow	5.0±

(176) SW SE sec. 12, T. 35 S., R. 18 E.
	Altamont limestone (18 feet exposed)
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, light gray; contains abundant Chaetetes	exposed 15.0±
			Limestone, dark gray, weathers tan	3.0±
	Bandera shale (37 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray and yellow, somewhat sandy throughout, sandier in lower part	34.0±
			Sandstone, massive	exposed 3.0±

(177) SW SW sec. 5, T. 35 S., R. 20 E.
	Fort Scott limestone (11 feet exposed)
		Higginsville limestone member
			Limestone, gray, lighter than unit below, thin irregular beds; contains veinlets of calcite	exposed 5.0
			Limestone, dove to dark gray, brecciated appearing, dense to crystalline, slightly wavy-bedded, carbonaceous film at bedding contacts, in four beds; contains brachiopods and crinoid stems	6.0
Note: Black shale in the Little Osage member is exposed in creek.

Stratigraphic Sections in Montgomery County, Kansas (178 and 179)

(178) NW sec. 12, T. 35 S., R. 16 E.
	Lenapah limestone (13 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, blotched with brown, brecciated appearance, massive, top uneven; contains few fossils, large fucoids at base, large cyathophylloid corals, "Aulopora" sp., Zaphrentis sp., Prismopora sp., Chonetes sp., Mesolobus sp., Squamularia sp., and Echinoconchus semipunctatus	exposed 7.0
		Perry Farm shale member (6.0 feet)
			Shale, abundant Marginifera sp.	2.0
			Shale and limestone nodules	4.0
	Nowata shale
			Shale, dark gray, a few lenses and beds of tan sandstone	exposed 24.0

(179) NW sec. 10, T. 35 S., R. 17 E.
	Lenapah limestone
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, poorly exposed
		Perry Farm shale member
			Shale and limestone nodules	exposed 4.0±
	Nowata shale
			Covered interval; may conceal part of Perry Farm shale and Norfleet limestone members of Lenapah limestone	10.0±
			Sandstone (Walter Johnson), tan, fine-grained, micaceous, distinctly bedded	5.0±
			Shale, gray and yellow	exposed 4.0±

Stratigraphic Sections in Missouri, Kansas (180-185)

(180) SW sec. 33, T. 40 N., R. 33 W., Bates County
	Memorial shale
			Shale, yellow	exposed 6.0±
	Lenapah limestone (5.1 feet)
		Idenbro limestone member (0.75 feet)
			Limestone, blue to dark gray, carbonaceous, granular to earthy, slabby; contains horn corals	0.25
			Limestone, blue to dark gray, carbonaceous, granular and earthy to dense; contains limonitic inclusions	0.50
		Perry Farm shale member (3.9 feet)
			Shale, yellow and gray; contains Trepospira sp., horn corals, and chonetids	0.66
			Shale, nearly black; contains calcareous and limestone nodules and brachiopods in upper part	1.79
			Shale, nearly black, somewhat fissile; contains limestone nodules in upper part	1.45
		Norfleet limestone member
			Limestone, dark bluish-gray, sandy, dense	0.45
	Nowata shale (8.4 feet)
			Shale, dark gray, nearly black, somewhat fissile; contains scattered phosphatic zones, abundant large productids, Mesolobus, other chonetids, and horn corals	6.9
			Shale, light yellow and gray to green	1.5
	Altamont limestone (11.11 feet)
		Worland limestone member
			Limestone, bright bluish-gray, weathers rusty brown, two massive beds, irregular fracture, irregular upper surface; contains fusulines, crinoid and brachiopod fragments	3.66
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, not well exposed, upper part light gray; contains many phosphatic nodules	2.0±
		Tina limestone member (5.45 feet)
			Limestone, salt and pepper gray, "oatmeal" rock; contains brachiopods and algae in upper part, few crinoid fragments, and ostracodes	0.85
			Shale, greenish-gray, thin-bedded; contains small limestone nodules	0.45-0.5
			Limestone, bluish-gray to slightly green, dense to finely crystalline; contains nodules up to 3 inches in diameter	2.15
			Shale and limestone nodules	0.45
			Limestone, dark to greenish-gray, dense, nodular; contains many brachiopods and large derbyoids	1.5
	Bandera shale
			Shale, yellow and gray	exposed 4.5

(181) SW NW sec. 29, T. 43 N., R. 29 W., Cass County
	Pawnee limestone (6.33 feet exposed)
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, gray, massive	3.0±
		Anna shale member (3.33 feet)
			Shale, gray	1.5
			Shale, black, platy; contains small black concretions	1.0
			Shale, gray, limy near top	0.5
			Limestone, dark gray, nearly black, earthy	0.33
	Labette shale (16.05 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray	5.0±
			Limestone; contains concretions or nodular lenses	0.0-0.25
			Shale, gray; contains abundant Mesolobus sp. and a few other fossils	1.6
			Limestone, tan to gray, dense, hard	0.6
			Shale, gray	0.8
			Shale, black	1.1
			Coal	0.1-0.2
			Underclay	0.5
			Shale, clay	exposed 6.0
Note: Underclay and overlying beds, assigned to the Labette shale, belong in the Pawnee megacyclothem.

(181a) NW SW sec. 21, T. 43 N., R. 31 W., Cass County
Bourbon shale
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone, gray and yellowish-brown, fine-grained, cross-bedded, definite contact along sides and base of channels cut into Memorial shale	exposed 7.0±
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale (8.15 feet)
			Shale, gray and yellow, some maroon, blocky, very slick; contains limonitic concretions near contact with Hepler sandstone	1.33-6.0
			Shale, nearly black, slightly silty, weathers somewhat flaky	2.15
	Lenapah limestone (5.8 feet)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, dark gray to nearly black, weathers yellowish, earthy, locally a continuous ledge, usually lenses; locally a featheredge to 0.9 foot in 1.5 feet lateral distance	0-0.9
		Perry Farm shale member (4.35 feet)
			Shale, nearly black, blocky, weathers into steep flake-covered slope; upper 0.66 foot bears Trepospira sp., pelecypods, and chonetids	2.25
			Shale, black, paper-thin laminae, appears platy, very resistant to weathering; contains scattered small pyrite crystals, small smooth phosphatic concretions, and sparse brachiopods (chiefly orbiculoids)	2.1
		Norfleet limestone member
			Limestone, shiny black, weathers rusty brown, fine-grained, mostly large flat concretions, locally continuous bed for 6 feet or more; masses of dark cone-in-cone between and overlying concretions; contains large cephalopods	0-0.55
	Nowata shale (7.56 feet exposed)
			Sandstone, gray, weathers brown, fine-grained, pyritiferous, carbonaceous, micaceous	1.5
			Shale, dark gray, laminated; contains thin lenses of pyritiferous fine-grained sandstone	0.8
			Siltstone and fine sandstone, gray and brown, shaly; contains cone-in-cone sandstone lenses in upper few inches	0.95
			Sandstone and shale, gray, micaceous; chiefly shale in upper part, fine-grained sandstone in lower part	0.75
			Shale, gray, limy, silty, carbonaceous, crinkled; bed of fine-grained micaceous sandstone in upper 1.6 feet; contains abundant casts of plant fragments	2.15
			Sandstone, gray, weathers brown, fine-grained, micaceous, massive	0.25
			Shale, medium dark gray, weathers light bluish-gray, slightly micaceous; contains sparse hard sandy layers	0.66
			Shale, dark gray, silty, micaceous, ripple-marked; contains small casts of plant fragments exposed above water of Grand river	0.5

(182) Near cen. W line NE sec. 6, T. 44 N., R. 29 W., Cass County
	Altamont limestone (3.66 feet exposed)
		Lake Neosho shale member
			Shale, gray	exposed 2.0±
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, gray, dense; contains algal (?) pellets in earthy matrix	1.66
	Bandera shale (23.8 feet)
			Shale, gray and maroon	3.0±
			Shale, yellow and gray; contains limestone nodules in lower part	5.4
			Shale, gray	5.4
			Covered interval	10.0±
	Pawnee limestone (12.16 feet exposed)
		Laberdie limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, weathers slightly brown; contains few Chaetetes and abundant echinoid remains	exposed 5.0
		Mine Creek shale member, covered		10.0
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, medium gray, weathers brown; contains numerous brachiopods in upper part and Chaetetes	3.66
		Anna shale member (3.5 feet)
			Covered interval	3.0
			Shale, black	exposed 0.5
Note: Thickness of the Bandera shale may be incorrect because the lower part was measured over some distance and possible dip of beds was disregarded.

(183) Near cen. E line sec. 11, T. 44 N., R. 30 W., Cass County
Bourbon shale (?)
	Hepler sandstone
			Sandstone fragments
Marmaton group
	Memorial shale
			Covered interval	20.0±
	Lenapah limestone (3 feet)
		Idenbro limestone member
			Limestone, gray, earthy	1.0
		Perry Farm shale member
			Shale, gray, black in middle part	2.0
	Nowata shale
			Shale, gray and yellow, limonitic	exposed 3.0

(184) Near. cen. W line sec. 31, T. 46 N., R. 25 W., Johnson County
Marmaton group
	Fort Scott limestone (32.6 feet)
		Higginsville limestone member
			Limestone, gray, crystalline, thin wavy beds in middle part, more massive in upper and lower parts; contains Chaetetes in upper part	12.0
		Little Osage shale member (16.5 feet)
			Shale, gray, calcareous; contains cup corals	exposed 0.5
			Covered interval with Houx limestone, 1 foot thick, 4 feet from top (drill record)	13.0±
			Shale, gray, calcareous, nodular; contains few fossils	3.0±
		Blackjack Creek limestone member
			Limestone, brown, earthy to slightly crystalline, one bed	4.1
Cherokee shale
			Shale, gray, darker in lower part, flaky	2.0
			Shale, black	1.25
			Shale, gray	0.1
			Coal	0.05
			Covered slope

(185) NE cor. sec. 27, T. 46 N., R. 28 W., Johnson County
	Pawnee limestone (18.2 feet exposed)
		Laberdie limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, massive; contains Chaetetes throughout, more abundant in upper part	exposed 4.0
		Mine Creek shale member (13.5 feet)
			Shale and limestone, indefinite base	1.35
			Shale, gray, fossiliferous in upper part, sandy in lower part	4.5
			Sandstone, gray, weathers brown	0.65
			Shale, dark gray, carbonaceous, thin-bedded, micaceous in upper part	7.0
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, dove-gray, finely crystalline, irregular beds	exposed 0.7

Stratigraphic Sections in Oklahoma (186-203)

(186) Near cen. S line sec. 11, T. 21 N., R. 15 E., Rogers County
Marmaton group
	Fort Scott limestone (22.53 feet)
		Higginsville limestone member (7.75 feet exposed)
			Limestone, light dove-gray, brecciated appearance; contains Composita sp. and Squamularia sp.	3.0±
			Limestone, light dove-gray, more massive beds than unit above; contains Composita sp. and Squamularia sp.	4.75
		Little Osage shale member (5 feet)
			Shale, gray	0.5
			Shale, black, fissile	4.5±
		Blackjack Creek limestone member (9.78 feet)
			Limestone, gray and yellow, soft, slabby	0.33
			Limestone, dove-gray, dense, wavy-bedded, massive; contains sparse flint nodules, fusulines, and Rhombopora sp.	4.8
			Limestone, light gray, granular to earthy, massive; contains brachiopods	1.45
			Limestone, gray, granular to earthy, three massive beds; contains few brachiopods and crinoid fragments	3.2
Cherokee shale
			Shale, yellow	1.1
			Coal	1.66
			Underclay	1.0±

(187) Near cen. N line sec. 31, and NW cor. sec. 29, T. 20 N., R. 15 E., Rogers County
Marmaton group
	Labette shale
			Shale, black, platy	exposed 6.0±
	Fort Scott limestone (19.35 feet)
		Higginsville limestone member
			Limestone, dark bluish-gray in upper part, lighter near base, granular; contains "cryptozoans"	5.4
		Little Osage shale member (6.95 feet)
			Shale, gray, clay	0.3
			Shale, black, fissile; contains phosphatic concretions	2.15
			Limestone (Houx?), dark blue, dense, conchoidal fracture; contains sparse brachiopods	1.5
			Shale, gray, clay	3.0
		Blackjack Creek limestone member
			Limestone, brown to bluish-gray, somewhat earthy" massive but distinctly bedded; contains chonetids and Neospirifer sp.	7.0
Cherokee shale
			Shale and coal, thin alternating beds; contains varves	0.33
			Coal	1.15
			Coal and shale, thin alternating beds; contains varves	0.66
			Shale and sandstone, somewhat massive sandstone in lower part	5.0±
			Covered interval	2.0±
			Limestone (Breezy Hill?), dark bluish-gray, slabby; contains productids	2.0±
			Shale, gray, partly covered	exposed 5.0±

(188) SE cor. sec. 36, T. 23 N., R. 16 E., Rogers County
Marmaton group
	Fort Scott limestone
		Higginsville limestone member (8 feet)
			Limestone, covered	2.0±
			Limestone, light to medium dark gray, finely crystalline; contains Composita sp.	6.0±
		Little Osage shale member
			Shale, black, fissile	3.0±
		Blackjack Creek limestone member
			Limestone, light dove-gray, weathers lighter in color; contains productids and fusulines in upper part, cephalopods and gastropods in lower part	5.4
Cherokee shale
			Shale, gray, clay, poorly exposed	2.5
			Coal	1.0±
			Shale, light gray and yellow, limonitic, and sandstone, blue-gray	17.0
			Shale, gray and yellow, limonitic, sandy	5.4
			Sandstone, massive in upper part, and shale, sandy in lower part	4.4
			Sandstone, brown, fine-grained, massive	2.0±
			Partly covered interval, little gray shale exposed	12.0±
			Limestone (Breezy Hill?), dark bluish-gray, weathers tan, massive	3.0±
			Covered interval	1.0
			Shale, black; contains phosphatic nodules	1.5
			Limestone and shale, fossiliferous	0.1
			Shale, light yellow and gray	exposed 5.0±

(189) SE SE sec. 17, T. 24 N., R. 16 E., Rogers County
	Pawnee limestone (10.81 feet exposed)
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, dove-gray	exposed 2.0±
		Anna shale member (8.81 feet)
			Shale, black; contains phosphatic concretions	2.0±
			Limestone, poorly exposed	0.3±
			Covered	1.0±
			Limestone, dark gray, algal and crinoidal	0.85
			Limestone, dark dove-gray, weathers brown, granular, slightly cross-bedded	1.0-2.0
			Shale, gray	0.66
			Limestone, dove-gray, weathers brown, granular, massive; contains large crinoid fragments and Composita sp.	1.25
			Shale, sandy	0.5
			Limestone, sandy	0.25
	Labette shale
			Shale and sandstone	exposed 40.0

(190) SW cor. sec. 30, T. 24 N., R. 16 E., Rogers County
	Pawnee limestone (9.6 feet)
		Laberdie limestone member
			Limestone, medium to dark bluish-gray, brecciated	exposed 3.0
		Mine Creek shale member (1 foot)
			Shale, with limestone nodules	0.55
			Limestone	0.25
			Shale, limy	0.2
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, gray to brown, massive	1.3±
		Anna shale member (4.3 feet)
			Shale, gray in upper part, mostly black; contains phosphatic nodules	1.75
			Limestone, dark gray	0.3
			Shale, gray and yellow	0.35
			Limestone, dark in upper part, medium gray in lower, slabby, granular, crystalline, irregular beds, nodular in upper part	1.9
	Labette shale (40.4 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray, sandy	7.4
			Shale, gray	3.0±
			Sandstone	30.0±

(191) East of cen. N line sec. 20, T. 24 N., R. 17 E., Rogers County
Cherokee shale
	Sandstone, brown, medium to fine-grained	5.0
	Shale , gray, sandy	6.0
	Coal, very thin beds, alternating with thin beds of sandstone, light gray, fine-grained; contains varves	2.5
	Sandstone	2.15
	Sandstone and sandy shale	3.0
	Coal, very thin beds, alternating with thin beds of sandstone, light gray, fine grained; contains varves	1.9
	Coal, impure	0.15
	Shale, dark, silty	4.5
	Shale, dark, carbonaceous, partly covered	4.5
	Limestone (Breezy Hill?) dark dove-gray, semilithographic, nodular in upper part	3.0±
	Shale, black, fissile	2.5±
	Shale, light yellow and gray, limonitic	exposed 5.0±

(192) Near cen. S line sec. 26, T. 26 N., R. 16 E., Nowata County
	Pawnee limestone
		Limestone, basal part of Anna shale member, poorly exposed
	Labette shale
		Shale, yellow and gray, micaceous, slightly silty; contains limonitic concretions	21.6
		Shale, yellow and gray, silty and sandy; grades into shaly sandstone in lower part	16.0
		Shale, gray, blocky, limonitic, slightly micaceous; contains sandstone lenses in upper part	5.4
		Shale, gray, blocky, slightly micaceous	10.8

(193) W cor. sec. 35, T. 26 N., R. 16 E., Nowata County
	Pawnee limestone (26.07 feet)
		Laberdie limestone member (12.15 feet)
			Limestone, light gray, weathers slightly tan, semilithographic in upper part, grades into crystalline brecciated facies below	6.0
			Limestone, light gray, crystalline, brecciated, wavy-bedded; contains silicified fossils and Cystauletes mammilosus	4.0±
			Limestone, crystalline, wavy-bedded	2.15
		Mine Creek shale member
			Shale, yellow and gray, flaky; contains crinoid remains	0.45
		Myrick Station limestone member (4.57 feet)
			Limestone, light dove-gray, granular	0.33
			Limestone, dove-gray, slightly crystalline, massive; contains few crinoid remains	1.33
			Limestone, bluish-gray, dense to slightly crystalline; contains brachiopods and crinoid remains	1.66
			Limestone, dove-gray, dense to slightly crystalline; contains gastropods, crinoid remains, and Hustedia sp.	1.25
		Anna shale member (8.9 feet)
			Shale, mostly gray, some black, flaky	0.8
			Shale, black, slightly fissile; contains few smooth black concretions	2.5
			Shale, gray, silty	0.5
			Limestone, dark gray, slabby; contains plant fossils	0.3-0.4
			Shale, black, platy to fissile	0.1
			Limestone, dark gray	0.6
			Shale, gray, calcareous	1.0
			Limestone, light to dark gray, earthy to locally crystalline; contains fusulines near base and productids	3.0
	Labette shale
			Shale, gray	exposed 6.0±

(194) Slightly south of cen. N. line sec. 6, T. 26 N., R. 17 E., Nowata County
	Pawnee limestone (31.01 feet)
		Laberdie limestone member (18 feet)
			Limestone, light gray, weathered, slumped	15.0±
			Limestone, light gray, crystalline; contains crinoid remains and other fossils	3.0
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, ashy gray in upper part, yellowish-gray in lower part, granular to nearly dense, more massive in lower part	2.5
		Anna shale member (10.51 feet)
			Shale, black, mostly fissile; contains small smooth black concretion	3.0±
			Limestone, bluish-gray; contains gastropods, pelecypods, and brachiopods	1.0-1.33
			Shale, light gray, flaky	3.33
			Sandstone, gray, micaceous, medium fine-grained	2.0
			Limestone, gray, finely crystalline; contains fossil fragments and abundant "Osagia"	0.85
	Bandera shale
			Shale, not well exposed	exposed 4.0

(195) SW sec. 6, T. 26 N., R. 17 E., Nowata County
	Pawnee limestone (14.91 feet)
		Anna shale member
			Covered; contains small phosphatic concretions	exposed 3.0±
			Limestone, dark bluish-gray, granular; contains large bellerophontids, Neospirifer sp., and Composita sp.	1.33
			Shale, sandy, micaceous, and sandstone , nearly white in middle part	2.25
			Sandstone, calcareous	1.33
			Shale, gray, sandy	1.9
			Sandstone, slightly cross-bedded	0.33-0.5
			Shale, blocky, micaceous	2.5
			Limestone, gray, granular, in four beds, thin shale partings along bedding places; contains crinoid stems and Composita sp.	2.1
	Labette shale (22 feet exposed)
			Shale, gray, calcareous, fossiliferous	0.75
			Sandstone, thin-bedded	1.25
			Shale, gray and yellow, blocky, slightly micaceous; grades into sandstone above	exposed 20.0

(196) SW sec. 29, T. 26 N., R. 17 E., Nowata County
	Pawnee limestone (14.05 feet)
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, light gray, crystalline, and brecciated in upper part; brown, crystalline in lower part	2.0-3.0
		Anna shale member (11.05 feet)
			Shale, yellow and gray; contains small limestone nodules	3.0
			Shale, black, fissile; contains small phosphatic concretions	1.85
			Limestone, slabby, crinoidal; contains brachiopods	0.55
			Limestone, medium dark gray, granular, semi-oölitic, nodular in lower part, irregular base; contains few brachiopods in upper part	2.5
			Shale, light bluish-gray, slightly carbonaceous, blocky; contains limestone nodules in upper part	2.0
			Limestone, brown, massive, sandy	1.15
	Labette shale (24.1 feet exposed)
			Sandstone, limy	1.05±
			Sandstone, medium to fine-grained, cross-bedded in upper part	11.25
			Shale, medium dark gray in upper part, light gray in lower part, flaky, sandy in upper part, grades into unit above	exposed 11.8

(197) Near cen. N line NE NW sec. 33, T. 26 N., R. 17 E., Nowata County
	Pawnee limestone
		Anna shale member
			Limestone, bluish-gray, sandy	exposed 1.0
	Labette shale (91.77 feet)
			Shale, light gray, blocky, flaky; contains sparse limestone nodules	5.0
			Limestone, brown, earthy	0.66
			Sandstone, gray and yellow, thin-bedded	3.33
			Shale, sandy, gray, darker and less sandy in lower part	16.0
			Shale, gray, limonitic	10.8
			Covered interval	5.4
			Limestone, medium dark gray, somewhat crystalline, wavy-bedded	3.0
			Shale and limestone	0.5
			Limestone, gray, massive	0.75
			Shale, yellow and gray, sandy in lower part	3.33
			Sandstone and sandy shale	43.0

(198) NE cor. sec. 36, T. 26 R. 18 E., Craig County
Marmaton group
	Fort Scott limestone
		Blackjack Creek limestone member
			Limestone, brown, massive
Cherokee shale
			Shale, gray, partly covered	4.0±
			Coal	1.0
			Shale, gray, limonitic, silty in lower part	10.8
			Coal	0.55
			Shale, sandy, and coal; paper-thin beds	0.66
			Shale, gray, limonitic	10.15
			Sandstone, fine-grained	2.0±
			Shale, medium gray, silty in upper part	4.9
			Shale, dark gray, blocky	5.4
			Limestone (Breezy Hill?), gray to brown, granular to crystalline; contains flint nodules in upper part and fusulines	4.33
			Shale, black; contains phosphatic nodules	2.2
			Shale, gray to blue, silty	exposed 10.0

(199) Near cen. sec. 4, T. 27 N., R. 16 E., Nowata County
	Lenapah limestone (12 feet exposed)
		Perry Farm shale member
			Limestone, nodular, calcareous	exposed 4.0±
		Norfleet limestone member
			Limestone, yellowish-gray, sandy appearing, hard, dense	8.0
	Nowata shale
			Shale, yellow, clayey	14.0
Note: Limestone in the upper part of this section is assigned to the Perry Farm shale member because it is a limestone facies of the member, which in Kansas is chiefly calcareous shale.

(200) Slightly east of cen. W line E2 SE sec. 30, T. 28 N., R. 16 E., Nowata County
	Lenapah limestone (18.01 feet exposed)
		Idenbro limestone member (5.26 feet exposed)
			Limestone, gray, weathers bluish-tan, slightly crystalline, somewhat porous, massive to thin wavy-bedded	exposed 3.5±
			Shale, gray	0.1±
			Limestone, light gray, dense to slightly granular, algal; contains few brachiopods	1.66
		Perry Farm shale member (12.75 feet exposed)
			Shale, greenish-gray; contains nodules of limestone in upper part and abundant Marginifera sp.	0.75
			Limestone, dense, mottled, apparently nonfossiliferous	exposed 12.0
Note: Limestone in the lower part of this section is assigned to the Perry Farm shale member because it is a limestone facies of the member, which in Kansas is chiefly calcareous shale.

(201) Slightly east of cen. N line NW sec. 24, T. 28 N., R. 17 E., Nowata County
	Altamont limestone (25.9 feet)
		Tina limestone member
			Limestone, light gray; contains "Osagia" and Chaetetes, partly silicified	exposed 2.0
			Limestone, light gray, dense, thinner bedded in upper part; contains sparse dark steel-gray flint and Squamularia sp.	22.0±
			Limestone, dark bluish-gray, crystalline; contains horn corals, few Cryptozoon, and echinoid fragments	1.9
	Bandera shale (13.85 feet exposed)
			Shale, carbonaceous, blocky and laminated	0.2±
			Shale, nearly black, silty	3.15
			Sandstone, gray, hard	0.5
			Sandstone, bluish-gray, fine	5.0
			Shale, gray and yellow, blocky	exposed 5.0

(202) Near cen. W line sec. 36, T. 28 N., R. 19 E., Craig County
Marmaton group
	Fort Scott limestone (17.45 feet)
		Higginsville limestone member
			Limestone, gray, crystalline, irregularly bedded	5.5±
		Little Osage shale member (8.8 feet)
			Shale, nearly black	2.0±
			Limestone (Houx?), dark brown, earthy	0.75
			Shale, black, platy; contains scattered limestone concretions	6.05
		Blackjack Creek limestone member
			Limestone, brown, earthy, massive	3.15
Cherokee shale
			Shale, gray; contains limonitic concretions	5.5
			Limestone (Breezy Hill?), dark gray, crinoidal	0.0-0.75
			Covered interval	0.5
			Coal	1.0
			Shale, gray, limonitic	0.66
			Sandstone, brown, massive	2.1
			Shale, gray, limonitic	5.0±
			Coal	0.5
			Shale, gray, limonitic	5.0±
			Sandstone	0.8±
			Shale, gray, limonitic	exposed 4.0

(203) SE sec. 27, T. 29 N., R. 18 E., Craig County
	Pawnee limestone (14.18 feet)
		Myrick Station limestone member
			Limestone, massive, weathers brown	exposed 4.0±
		Anna shale member (10.18 feet)
			Shale, gray	0.5
			Shale, mostly covered, silty limestone in upper part	1.0±
			Shale, black, platy; contains phosphatic nodules	3.0±
			Shale, black, fissile	2.25
			Coal (Lexington)	0.1
			Shale, dark gray	1.5
			Shale, gray	1.5±
			Limestone, dark gray, earthy, nodular	0.25-0.33
	Labette shale
			Shale, gray	exposed 2.0±

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