- Usage in publication:
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- Annelly gypsum member
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Gypsum
- Clay
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Sedgwick basin
Summary:
Pg. 5, 12. Annelly gypsum member of Wellington formation. Consists of gypsum interbedded with lesser amounts of drab clays; both selenite and alabaster varieties of gypsum are present. Three prominent beds of gypsum commonly present, but locally, only two are present; in some places additional thin gypsum beds are interbedded with the clays. Thickness about 13 feet; at type locality, three beds of gypsum are exposed, each about 3 feet thick. Underlies Chisolm Creek shale member (new); overlies Geuda Springs shale member (new). Age is Permian.
Type locality: high cliff on west branch of Whitewater River 0.25 mi south of Annelly, in sec. 15, T. 24 S., R. 2 E., Harvey Co., southeastern KS.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 104).
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