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Geologic Unit: Columbia Ford
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Columbia Ford limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
Publication:

Wooster, L.C., 1905, The Carboniferous rock system of eastern Kansas: Emporia, Kansas, Rowland Printing Office, 12 p., Private publication, Emporia, KS


Summary:

Colmbia Ford limestone. Recognized in eastern Kansas. Age is Pennsylvanian. [No definition except that it is included in Humphrey shale. Origin of name not stated. If it occurs in Humphrey shale it is probably Wakarusa limestone.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 493)


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