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Meramecian and Osagian Series: Warsaw Limestone and Keokuk Limestone

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Warsaw Limestone- semigranular limestone interlaminated with saccharoidal dolomite with large amounts of gray chert; glauconite occurrs in the lower part. Keokuk Limestone- white tripolitic, chert, siliceous limestone, and dolomite
State Kansas
Name Meramecian and Osagian Series: Warsaw Limestone and Keokuk Limestone
Geologic age Mississippian- Osagian
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Chemical > Chert (Bed)
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)
Comments Warsaw Limestone- approximate thickness 250 ft. in outcrop. Keokuk Limestone- chert content is generally greater than 50% by weight and volume, approximate thickness 170 ft. in outcrop.
References

Ross, Jorgina A., 1991, Geologic Map of Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Univ. of Kansas, Map M-23, scale 1:500,000.

Zeller, D.E., ed., 1968, The Stratigraphic Succession in Kansas, State Geological Survey of Kansas Bull. 189.
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