- Usage in publication:
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- Victoria formation, clays
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Clay
- Shale
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Central Kansas uplift
- Anadarko basin
- Salina basin
Summary:
Named as upper formation of the Benton division of the Platte series (new); named from town of Victoria, Ellis Co, KS, Central Kansas uplift. No type locality designated. Outcrops extend in KS from Walnut creek, Ness Co, Anadarko basin, to Whiterock creek and Republican river in northwestern Republic Co, Salina basin. Extends from Republic Co through NE. Consists of highly carbonaceous, almost black, sticky clay-shale. In lower part has a zone of frequently large "cannon-ball" septaria. Thickness not given. Overlies Russell formation of Benton division, Platte series (new); underlies Osborne limestone (new) of Niobrara division, Platte series (new). Fossils listed. Of Late Cretaceous age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
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