State | Kansas |
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Name | Guadalupia Series: Big Basin Formation, Day Creek Dolomite, and Whitehorse Formation |
Geologic age | Late Permian- Custerian to Cimarronian |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed)
Incidental
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)
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Comments | Big Basin FM- approximate thickness 45 ft. in outcrop. Day Creek Dolomite- approximate thickness 3 ft. in outcrop. Whitehorse FM- approximate thickness 270 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 | Clark - Comanche - Meade |