State | Kansas |
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Name | Wabaunsee Group |
Geologic age | Late Pennsylvanian- Virgilian |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
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Comments | Mostly blueish gray to yellowish brown shale but sandstone is locally abundant and thin limestone beds are persistent . Total approximate thickness 500 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 | |
Counties | Atchison - Brown - Chautauqua - Coffey - Cowley - Doniphan - Elk - Greenwood - Jackson - Jefferson - Lyon - Marshall - Nemaha - Osage - Pottawatomie - Riley - Shawnee - Wabaunsee - Woodson |