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Silicified Rock in the Ogallala Formation

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Table of Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose of the study

Distribution of silicified rock

Possible commercial uses

Acknowledgments

Stratigraphy

Physiographic Expression

Petrology

Quartzite

Chert

Miscellaneous types

Origin

Source of silica

Factors controlling deposition

Age of silicification

Uses

Test data

Conclusions

Occurrence in Kansas by Counties

Clark County

Ellis County

Graham County

Logan County

Ness County

Norton County

Phillips County

Southern area

Logan area

Northeastern area

Woodruff area

Rawlins County

Rooks County

Smith County

Trego County

Wallace County

References


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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
Placed on web Aug. 20, 2007; originally published July 1946.
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