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Lansing Group

Stanton Limestone- three limestone and two shales members, ranges from 15 to 130 ft. thick. Vilas Shale- sandy, carbonaceous gray shale with some sandstone and limestone locally, ranges from 5 to 120 ft. thick. Plattsburg Limestone- two limestone members separated by shale, ranging from 25 to 115 ft. thick.
StateKansas
NameLansing Group
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Middle [Missourian]
Original map label&l
Commentscan form persistent escarpments. Total approximate thickness 85 ft. in outcrop.
Primary rock typeshale
Secondary rock typelimestone
Other rock typessandstone
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Map references
Ross, J. A., 1991, Geologic Map of Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Univ. of Kansas Map M-23 Scale 1:500K.
Unit references
Ross, J. A., 1991, Geologic Map of Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Univ. of Kansas Map M-23 Scale 1:500K.
Zeller, D.E., ed., 1968, The Stratigraphic Succession in Kansas, State Geological Survey of Kansas Bull. 189.
Geographic coverageAllen - Anderson - Chautauqua - Douglas - Franklin - Johnson - Leavenworth - Linn - Miami - Montgomery - Neosho - Wilson - Woodson - Wyandotte

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