- Usage in publication:
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- Myrick Station limestone member
- Modifications:
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- Revised
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Forest City basin
- Cherokee basin
Summary:
Is a member (1 of 4), second from base, of the Pawnee limestone of the Marmaton group in southeastern KS. Can be easily identified in numerous exposures across Lafayette, Johnson, Cass, and Bates Cos, MO into Linn Co, KS, all in the Forest City basin. Is a limestone characteristically brownish-gray, massive, and somewhat earthy in the lower part. Average thickness is about 4 ft, but in Bourbon Co, KS in the Cherokee basin, thickness of 8 ft has been measured in sec 11, T25S, R24E. Is only 1.8 ft thick at measured section of Pawnee limestone at N1/2 S1/2 sec 7, T27S, R24E in Bourbon Co, KS. Upper part contains CHAETETES. Overlies Anna shale member (new) and underlies Mine Creek shale member (new), both of Pawnee limestone of Marmaton. Cross section. Of Pennsylvanian, Des Moines age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
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