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- Usage in publication:
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- Kitaki Limestone bed
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Limestone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Nemaha anticline
Summary:
Named as part of Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian and Virgilian?) South Bend Limestone Member of Stanton Formation (both revised). Named for Camp Kitaki; its type locality at CSLSW1/4 sec 10, T12N, R10E, Manley quad, Cass Co, lower Platte River valley, southeastern NE. Identified in southeastern KS as well. Described as a regressive facies; light to medium gray limestone; dense, crystalline to coarsely crystalline; cherty near base; and fossiliferous. Thickness at type is about 8 ft (2.3 m). Conformably overlies Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian?) Gretna Shale bed (new) in South Bend Limestone Member. Unconformably underlies Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian) Weston Shale (revised). Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian?) probably based on fossils. Report includes measured sections and correlation charts.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
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