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Dockum Group

varicolored shales and red sandstone
StateKansas
NameDockum Group
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Mesozoic | Triassic
Original map label@d
Commentssmall outcrop in Morton CO, approximate thickness 350 ft. in outcrop. May be designated as undifferentiated Jurassic rocks
Primary rock typeshale
Secondary rock typesandstone
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (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 coverageMorton

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