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Geologic Unit: Piqua
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Piqua limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cherokee basin
Publication:

Adams, G.I., 1904, Geology of the Iola quadrangle, IN Adams, G.I., Haworth, Erasmus, and Crane, W.R., Economic geology of the Iola quadrangle, Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 238, p. 14-29, (incl. geologic maps, scale 1:125,000 and approx. 1:316,800)


Summary:

Pg. 20. Piqua limestone. Heavy-bedded limestones, 50 feet thick, overlying Vilas shale and forming top formation exposed in Iola quadrangle. Age is Pennsylvanian. Report includes geologic map, general stratigraphic columnar section, fossil list.
[Named from Piqua, Woodson Co., southeastern KS.]
[†Piqua limestone member is same as Stanton limestone, older name.]

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