Lansing Group (KSPAl;0)

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 seperated by shale, ranging from 25 to 115 ft. thick.

State	Kansas
Name	Lansing Group
Geologic age	Middle Pennsylvanian- Missourian
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed) Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed) Minor Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Comments	can form persistent escarpments. Total approximate thickness 85 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.
NGMDB product	NGMDB product page for 16542
Counties	Allen - Anderson - Chautauqua - Douglas - Franklin - Johnson - Leavenworth - Linn - Miami - Montgomery - Neosho - Wilson - Woodson - Wyandotte

Lansing Group

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.