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Chase Group (KSPc;0)

Geologic Formation in KS, NE

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Lithology

Shale

Limestone

Geologic Age

Permian (299.05 Ma – 252.23 Ma ago)

Geologic Unit Label

Nolans Limestone- upper and lower limestone seperated by shale, 40 ft thick. Odell Shale- mostly red and green shale, 40 ft. thick. Winfield Limestone (base WF)- cherty limestone with fossiliferous gray shale, 25 ft. thick. Doyle Shale- two shale members seperated limestone, 70 ft. thick. Barneston Limestone (base BA)- two thick limestone members seperated by thin limestone, 90 ft. thick: with Fort Riley Limestone Member( base FR)- gray to tan massive to thin bedded limestone with minor gray shale, 45 ft thick. Matfeild Shale- two varicolored shale members seperated by limestone, 80 ft. thick. Wreford Limestone- two cherty limestone members seperated shale, 40 ft. thick.

— USGS