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  • Usage in publication:
    • Osage City limestone
  • Modifications:
    • First used
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Forest City basin
Publication:

Hall, J.G., 1896, A geologic section from state line, opposite Boicourt, to Alma, principally along the Osage River [Kansas], Chapter V, IN Haworth, Erasmus, and others, [Stratigraphy of the Carboniferous of Kansas and allied subjects]: Kansas Geological Survey [Report], v. 1, p. 99-106.


Summary:

First published use in Osage Co, KS, Forest City basin; probably named for town of Osage City. Intent to name not stated. No type locality designated. Occurs as "system No. 4" in outcrops 6 mi southeast of Burlingame, but can only be traced a short distance. Is a grayish-white, very soft limestone which is 15 ft thick. Overlies Osage City shale; underlies Burlingame shale. Cross section. Age not given.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


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