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Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data
Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data
| State | Kansas |
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| Name | Loess |
| Geologic age | Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene Holocene |
| Comments | approximate thickness 0-50 ft. in outcrop |
| Primary rock type | silt |
| Secondary rock type | |
| Other rock types | |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt (Eolian)
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| 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.
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| Counties | Atchison - Barton - Brown - Cheyenne - Clark - Clay - Cloud - Comanche - Cowley - Dickinson - Doniphan - Edwards - Ellis - Finney - Ford - Geary - Gove - Graham - Grant - Gray - Hamilton - Harper - Harvey - Haskell - Hodgeman - Jewell - Johnson - Kearny - Kingman - Kiowa - Lane - Leavenworth - Lincoln - Logan - McPherson - Marshall - Meade - Mitchell - Morton - Nemaha - Ness - Norton - Osborne - Ottawa - Pawnee - Phillips - Pratt - Reno - Republic - Rice - Riley - Rooks - Rush - Russell - Saline - Sedgwick - Seward - Sheridan - Sherman - Smith - Stevens - Sumner - Trego - Wallace - Washington - Wyandotte |