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Geology of Wabaunsee County Kansas Geology of Wabaunsee County Kansas GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1068 Prepared in cooperation with State Highway Commission of Kansas as part of a program of the U. S. Department of the Interior for development of the Missouri River basin Geology of Wabaunsee County Kansas By MELVILLE R. MUDGE and ROBERT H. BURTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1068 Prepared in cooperation with State Highway Commission of Kansas as part of a program of the U. S. Department of the Interior for development of the Missouri River basin UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1959 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FRED A. SEATON, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Thomas B. Nolan, Director Mudge, Melville Rhodes, 1921- Geology of Wabaunsee County, Kansas, by Melville K. Mudge and Robert H. Burton. Washington, U. S. Govt. Print Off., 1959. vi, 210 p. maps (1 col.) diagrs., tables. 25 cm. (U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 1068) "Prepared in cooperation with State Highway Commission of Kan­ sas as part of a program of the U. S. Department of the Interior for development of the Missouri River basin." Part of the illustrative matter in pocket. Bibliography: p. 204-207. 1. Geology Kansas Wabaunsee Co. 2. Building materials. i. Burton, Robert H., joint author. (Series) QE75.B9 no. 1068 557.8161 G S 59-180 Copy 2. QE114.W3M8 U. S. Geol. Survey. Libr. for Library of Congress For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D. C. CONTENTS Page Abstract___.__....._ _ 1 Introduction. ______ ________________ _ ________ 2 Acknowledgments. ___________________ _________ _______. 5 Physical features- _._ 6 Transportation routes___________ _ ______________ ___ 6 Climate. _________________ ____________________ 7 Outline of geologic history _ _.__ 9 Geology __ ____________ 10 Pennsylvanian system_________________________ 16 Wabaunsee group___________________________________________ 16 Auburn shale______-_____-_-------__-_--_--__---__---_____ 17 Emporia limestone_____-___-- ___________ .___ 17 Reading limestone member___________________________ 17 Harveyville shale member._____________________________ 18 Elmont limestone member_______________.______________ 19 Willard shale.___________-_______________ 20 Zeandale limestone_________-__----__ ___________________ 21 Tarkio limestone member__________________________. 21 Wamego shale member_________________-_____________ 23 Maple Hill limestone member_________________________ 24 Pillsbury shale. _________________________ 25 Stotler limestone_______________----___-_-___-_--______.___ 26 Dover limestone member____________.__________________ 27 Dry shale member_____________________________________ 28 Grandhaven limestone member______________________ 29 Root shale_____________ ___________ _ 30 Friedrich shale member________________._______________ 31 Jim Creek limestone member. ________________________ 32 French Creek shale member___________________________ 32 Wood Siding formation___________________________________ 33 Nebraska City limestone member ___________________ 34 Plumb shale member_________________________________ 34 Grayhorse limestone member. ________________________ 37 Pony Creek shale member___.__________________________ 38 Brownville limestone member____.____________________ 39 Permian system._______________________ _.____.________--_____-. 41 Admire group _________________________________________________ 41 Onaga shale__________________-_--__-_____--___----____- 41 Towle shale member____.____-________________________. 42 Aspinwall limestone member__________________________._ 43 Hawxby shale member_______--______-______-___-_-____ .46 Falls City limestone________--_----_____-_--__-_--____--__- 47 Janesville shale__________-___---_______-__----__________ 47 West Branch shale member.____________________________ 48 Five Point limestone member.__________________________ 49 Hamlin shale member._________________________________ 51 m IV CONTENTS Permian system Continued Page Council Grove group_________________________________________ 52 Foraker limestone________--_-__-__________________.-.___ 53 Americus limestone member____________________________ 53 Hughes Creek shale member.___________________________ 56 Long Creek limestone member___.______________________ 57 Johnson shale____--_____-_ ______________________________ 58 Red Eagle limestone____-_-_______________________-__.-____ 58 Glenrock limestone member___________________________ 59 Bennett shala member.________________________________ 59 Howe limestone member________________________________ 61 Roca shale________________-__-____-__-_-_--____--_______ 62 Grenola limestone___-_--_------_--_- _--- _ __ 63 Sallyards limestone member ____________ _______ 63 Legion shale member__ ---_____----_-__-_--- 64 Burr limestone member._______________________________ 65 Salem Point shale member____________________________ 66 Neva limestone member________________________________ 66 Eskridge shale____--_---------_- __._ --_-___ 69 Beattie limestone__-_____--__-----____--_------_-_----____- 71 Cottonwood limestone member..._______________________ 71 Florena shale member________________________________ 75 Morrill limestone member______________________________ 76 Stearns shale____________________________________________ 76 Bader limestone._____-_ .- .__... 77 Eiss limestone member.________________________________ 78 Hooser shale member________________________._________ 79 Middleburg limestone member__________________________ 80 Easly Creek shale_.__----___- __ .___. 81 Grouse limestone_________-_-__-_---_----_-----_-_---______ 82 Blue Rapids shale______-______-_-__-__-__-_______--_______ 84 Funston limestone_______--__-_-_-__________--____--_______ 84 Speiser shale___-_-._ _. ... ... 87 Chase group_______________----------------------------------- 88 Wreford limestone_____ ___- ___ 88 Threemile limestone member________________________ 88 Havensville shale member._____________________________ 91 Schroyer limestone member______._________ _____ 92 Matfield shale_____________ _ _______ _______ 93 Wymore shale member________________.________________ 93 Kinney limestone member______________________________ 93 Blue Springs shale member___________________._____ 94 Barneston limestone.____ ______ ___________ 95 Florence limestone member_____________________________ 95 Oketo shale member___________________________________ 96 Fort Riley limestone member___________________________ 97 Doyle shale_______--_________________________ 98 Holmesville shale member______________________________ 99 Quaternary system ________________________________________________ 99 Older gravels__________---__-.. __ _._ _______ 100 GlacialtilL....- - ---- --- - 101 Glacial ice-contact deposits------------------------------------- 103 Grand Island formation._.__ _._ -- ----- 104 Sappa formation___________________________ _____________ 105 Sanborn formation _____________________________ _________ 106 CONTENTS V Quaternary system Continued Page Terrace deposits____-_____...__ __.._;..._..;.__...___ 110 Travertine__________________________________________________ Ill Alluvium.____________________________________________________ Ill Economic geology.__-__-----_--___-________.______.____.__________ 113 Summary of construction material resources_____-_---_-_-__---__- 113 Geologic sources___________________________________________ 113 Aggregate for concrete___________._____________________ 113 Chert gravel.._________________________ 115 Limestone gravel_____.»________________________________ 115 Mineral filler___________________________ 116 Riprap.___....____________________ 117 Structural stone_________.___-_-_-___-_.________ 118 Road metal_____________ _ ________ _ ____ 119 Calcareous binder.____________________________________ 120 Subgrade and embankment material.____________________ 121 Coal....____._______________________________________. 122 Petroleum. _____________________._______.._ 123 Agriculture lime.______________________________________________ 124 Stratigraphic sections._____________________________________________ 125 Literature cited.__________________________________________________ 204 Index.________________________________-__-.___ 209 ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE 1. Map showing outcrops in Wabaunsee County, Kans., of lime­ stones useful in engineering construction..._______ Plate Volume 2. Geologic map of Wabaunsee County, Kans_________ Plate Volume 3. Structure section along U. S. Highway 40, Wabaunsee County, Kans___________--.-.--__--- Plate Volume 4. Correlation diagram of the Aspinwall limestone member of the Onaga shale to the French Creek shale member of the Root shale ___________________________________ Plate Volume 5. Aerial photograph showing typical outcrop patterns of many of the Permian limestones_________________________ Facing 42 6. A, Basal conglomerate of the channel of the Towle shale member of the Onaga shale in the NE^SEK sec. 4, T. 13 S., R. 13 E., Wabaunsee County, Kans.; B, Americus lime­ stone member of the Foraker limestone in a road cut in SW^SEK sec. 12, T. 12 S., R. 11 E., Wabaunsee County, Kans-_______________________--___--_-_ Facing 43 7. Correlated sections of the Foraker limestone down to the Hawxby shale member of the Onaga shale in Wabaunsee County, Kans. ___________________.____- Plate Volume 8. State and county road network of Wabaunsee County, Kansas showing road metal and its source as of June, 1949 _ Plate Volume 9. Correlated sections of the Roca shale down to the base of the Johnson shale in Wabaunsee County, Kans______
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