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Fort Hays Chalk

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Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose of the study

Distribution

Field sampling

Acknowledgments

Stratigraphy

Thickness

Topographic expression

Means of recognition

Texture

Color

Bedding

Analyses

Location of outcrops sampled

Sample preparation

Petrography

Insoluble residues

Mineralogy of insoluble residue

Thin sections

Geochemistry

Procedure

Determination of TiO2

Determination of sodium and potassium

Spectrographic analyses

Discussion of data

Correlation between petrographic and chemical analyses

Utilization

Whiting

Specifications for chalk to be used in whiting

Other uses of chalk

Comparison with other chalks

Conclusions

Occurrence by counties

Ellis County

Finney County

Hamilton County

Jewell County

Lane County

Ness County

Osborne County

Phillips County

Rooks County

Smith County

Trego County

References


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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
Placed on web Oct. 6, 2008; originally published Feb. 1949.
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