Kansas City Group (NEPAkc;0)

Kansas City Group

Limestone and shale. Limestone is dark gray to light gray, brownish gray, very thin bedded to massive, argillaceous, fossiliferous; contains very thin layers of chert, pyrite crystals, and small flakes of mica near base. Shale is dark gray to light gray, greenish gray, red, and black; locally slighty sandy, calcareous, carbonaeous, fissile, and fossiliferous. Approx. max thickness 200 ft

State	Nebraska
Name	Kansas City Group
Geologic age	Late Pennsylvanian - Missouria
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed) Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Comments	Includes in decending order: Bonner Springs Formation, Wyandotte Limestone, Lane Shale, Lola Limestone, Chanute Shale, Drum Limestone, Quivira Formation, Sarpy Formation, Fontana Formation, Dennis Limestone, Galesburg Shale, Swope Limestone, Ladore Shale, and Hertha Limestone.
References	Burchett, R.R., 1986, Geologic Bedrock Map of Nebraska: Nebraska Geological Survey. Scale 1:1 million. Burchett, R.R., Reed E.C., and Dreeszen, V.H., 1975, Bedrock Geologic Map Showing Thickness of Overlying Quaternary Deposits, Fremont Quad. and part of Omaha Quad., Nebraska: USGS Map I-905. Scale 1:250K. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i905
NGMDB product	NGMDB product page for 39227
Counties	Cass - Douglas - Sarpy - Saunders - Washington

Kansas City Group

Burchett, R.R., 1986, Geologic Bedrock Map of Nebraska: Nebraska Geological Survey. Scale 1:1 million.

Burchett, R.R., Reed E.C., and Dreeszen, V.H., 1975, Bedrock Geologic Map Showing Thickness of Overlying Quaternary Deposits, Fremont Quad. and part of Omaha Quad., Nebraska: USGS Map I-905. Scale 1:250K.