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GEOLOGI C UNI TS CENOZOI C Qua t e rna ry Sy s t e m Holoc e n e F loodpla i n a lluvi um F lodplain depo s it s ar e aso cia t ed w it h t he Ar kansas R iver a nd it s t r ibut ar ies a nd ar e Ho lo cene in a ge. These depo s it s cons is t o f cla y, s ilt , sand, a nd gr a vel. I n t he Ar kansas R iver sand- t o - gr avel s ize sedim ent cons is t s t o ala r ge ext ent o f m at er ial der ived fr om t he Ro cky Mount a ins , w her ea s in it s t r ibut ar ies ( e. g. , L it t le Ar kansas R iver , Cow C r eek, L it t le Cow C r eek, a nd Rat t lesna ke C r eek) t he co ar se sedim ent is der ived pr im ar ily fr om lo ca l shale a nd sands t one, w it h t he except ion o f Rat t lesna ke C r eek, w hich is dom inat ed by sand- s ized m at er ial der ived fr om r ew o r ked Ho lo cene sedim ent s . Co r e da t a indica t e t ha t t he t hicknes o f t he flodpla in a lluviumr a nges fr om0 t o 45 ft ( 0 - 14 m) a nd a ver a ges about 25 ft ( 8 m) . Loe s s Upla nds in t he no r t her n a nd ea s t er n pa r t s o f t he count y ar e m ant led w it h lo es , w hich cons is t s o f w ind- t r anspo r t ed s ilt w it h m ino r am ount s o f cla y a nd ver y fine sand. T he lo es is buff in co lo r a nd ca lca r eous . T he a ge o f t he lo es is pr im ar ily la t e P leis t o cene a nd is r ecognized as t he Peo r ia Fo r m at ion t hr oughout t he midcont inent ; it r a nges up t o 13 ft ( 4 m) in t hicknes . T he o lder , under lying Loveland Fo r m at ion is a lo es unit r a nging up t o 8 ft ( 2 . 5 m) in t hicknes . Addit iona lly, m ino r lo es depo s it ion o ccur r ed in t he ea r ly a nd m iddle Ho lo cene but could no t be differ ent ia t ed fr om t er m inal Peo r iaFo r m at ion depo s it s in R ice Count y. Lo es ha s a t o t al t hicknes r a nging up t o 21 ft ( 6 . 5 m) . MESOZOI C Dakot a Forma t i on T he Da ko t a Fo r m at ion is well- expr esed in R ice Count y, w it h pa r t icula r ly in t he no r t hea s t er n pa r t o f t he count y. T he Da ko t a Fo r m at ion cons is t s o f t wo m em ber s : t he T er r a Co t t a C la y Mem ber a nd t he over lying J ansen C la y Mem ber ( P lum m er a nd Rom ar y, 1947 ) , w it h only t he fo r m er o ccur r ing in R ice Count y. T he T er r a Co t t a C la y Mem ber is compo sed pr im ar ily o f int er bedded r ed- mo t t led, light - gr ay t o gr eenish- gr ay cla y a nd s ilt s t one, a nd co ar se- gr a ined a nd conglomer at ic sa nds t one. Though it cont a ins lent ils o f cr o s - bedded sands t one, t he m em ber cons is t s mo s t ly o f cla y a nd s ilt s t one ( Bayne et a l. , 197 1 ) . To pogr a phic expr es ion is va r ia ble a nd depends on t he degr ee o f cem ent at ion. Maxim um t hicknes o f t he Da ko t a Fo r m at ion in R ice Count y is about 75 ft ( 23 m) ( F ent , 1950 ) a nd m axim um expo sed t hicknes is about 5 ft ( 17 m) . CI TED REFERENCES Ba yne, C . K. , F r a nks , P . C . , a nd I ves , W illiam , J r . , 1971 , Geo logy a nd gr ound- wat er r esour ces o f E llsw o r t h Count y, cent r al K ansa s : K ansas Geo logical S ur vey, Bullet in 201 , 84 p. Ba yne, C . K. , a nd W ar d, J . R . , 1974 , Geo logy a nd hydr o logy o f R ice Count y, cent r al K ansas : K a nsas Geo logical S ur vey, Bullet in 206 , pt . 3 , 17 p. F ent , O . S. , 1950 , Geo logy a nd gr ound- wat er r esour ces o f R ice Count y, cent r al K ansa s : K a nsas Geo logical S ur vey , Bullet in 85 , 142 p. ADDI TI ONAL SOURCES Ar bogas t , A . F . , 198 , Lat e Qua t er na r y pa leo envir onment s a nd la ndsca pe evo lut ion on t he Gr ea t Bend S a nd P r a ir ie: K ansas Geo logical S ur vey, Bullet in 242 , 7 4 p. Ha lfen, A . F . , J ohnson, W . C . , Ha nson, P . R . . , W o dbur n, T. L . , Ludvigson, G . A . , a nd Young, A . R . , 2012 , Act iva t ion his t o r y o f t he Hut chinson dunes in ea s t - cent r al K ansas , USA dur ing t he pa s t 20 yea r s : Aeo lia n Resear ch 5 : 9 - 20 . P lum m er , N . V . , a nd Rom ar y, J . F . , 1947 , K ansas cla y, Da ko t a Fo r m at ion: K ansa s Geo logical S ur vey, Bullet in 67 , 241 p. Kd Ql Qal EX PLANATI ON Bounda ri e s and Loc a t i on s S ect io n line Township/ r a nge line Count y bounda r y Hydrology and Topog raphy Per ennia l s t r ea m I nt er m it t ent s t r ea m W at er body E leva t ion co nt our ( 1 0 - fo t int er va l) E leva t ion co nt our ( 5 0 - fo t int er va l) 1750 Tra n s port a t i on Lo ca l r o ad Ra ilr o ad St at e highw a y A F 4 Ge olog i c Un i t Bounda ri e s Obser ved co nt a ct PRELI MI NARY SURFI CI AL GEOLOGY OF THE LYONS NW QUADRANGLE AND THE RI CE COUNTY PORTI ON OF THE GENESEO QUADRANGLE , KANSAS Ge ology by Wi lli am C . John s on and Andre w R . Ph i lb i n Co m put er co m pilat io n a nd ca r t o gr a phy by J o hn W . Dunha ma nd Sar ah F . Child 2 016 E leva t ion cont our s ar e pr esent ed fo r gener al r efer ence. Used in t he U . S. Geo logical S ur veys cur r ent US Topo 1 : 2 4 , 0 - scale t opogr a phic m ap ser ies , t hey w er e gener at ed fr omhydr ogr a phica lly- im pr oved 1 / 3 ar c- second Nat ional E leva t ion Dat aset ( NED) da t a, a nd smo t hed dur ing pr o ces ing fo r use at 1 : 24 , 0 sca le. I n some pla ces t he cont our s m ay be mo r e gener alized t ha n t he base da t a used fo r com pilat ion o f geo logic out cr op pa t t er ns . Out cr op pa t t er ns on t he m ap will t ypica lly r eflect t opogr a phic va r ia t ion mo r e a ccur at ely t ha n t he aso cia t ed cont our lines . Repeat ed fluct ua t ion o f an out cr op line a cr o s a cont our line should be int er pr et ed as an indica t ion t ha t t he m a pped r o ck unit is m aint aining a r ela t ively cons t a nt eleva t ion along a gener alized cont our . 1 - mL iDAR hillsha des a nd 1 - m2010 a nd 201 2 U . S. Depar t m ent o f Agr icult ur e F ar mS er vices Agency ( US DA- FSA) Nat ional Agr icult ur e I m a ger y P r ogr a m( NAI P ) digit al im ager y w er e used as r efer ences in t he digit al m a pping. USGS 7 . 5 - m in 1 : 24 , 0 - scale t opogr a phic m aps , US DA Nat ur al Resour ces Conser va t ion S er vice ( NRCS ) so il sur veys , a nd o t her geo logic m aps a nd bullet ins w er e used t o supplem ent t he m a pping. Ro a ds a nd highw a ys ar e shown on t he base m ap as r epr esent ed by da t a fr om t he K ansas Depar t m ent o f Tr anspo r t at ion ( K DOT) , U . S. Census Bur ea u, a nd o t her sour ces . U . S. Depar t m ent o f Agr icult ur e F ar m S er vices Agency ( US DA- FSA) Nat ional Agr icult ur e I m a ger y P r ogr am ( NAI P ) im ager y also was used t o check r o ad lo ca t ions . S ha ded r elief is based on 1 - m et er hydr o fla t t ened ba r e- ea r t h DEMs fr om t he St at e o f K ansa s L iDAR Dat abase. T he DEM im ages , in ERDAS I MAGI NE fo r m at , w er e mo saicked int o a s ingle out put DEM, do wnsa m pled t o 2 - m et er r eso lut ion, a nd r epr o ject ed t o decim al degr ees . T he out put DEM was t hen conver t ed t o a hillsha de, a m ult idir ect ional sha ded- r elief im age us ing a ngles o f illum ina t ion fr om 0 °, 25 °, 270 °, a nd 315 ° azim ut hs , ea ch 45 ° above t he ho r izon, w it h a 4x ver t ical exa gger at ion. T his geo logic m ap was funded in pa r t by t he US GSNat ional Coper at ive Geo logic Ma pping P r ogr am , awar d num ber G15AC025 ( FY 2015 ) . T his m ap was pr oduced us ing t he Ar cGI S sys t emdeveloped by Es r i ( Envir onment al S ys t em s Resear ch I ns t it ut e, I nc. ) . T his m ap is a pr elim inar y pr oduct a nd ha s ha d les scient ific a nd ca r t ogr a phic r eview t ha n t he K ansas Geo logical S ur veys M- ser ies geo logic m aps . KGS do es no t gua r a nt ee t his m ap t o be fr ee fr om er r o r s o r ina ccur a cies a nd disclaim s a ny r espons ibilit y o r lia bilit y fo r int er pr et at ions m ade fr omt he m ap o r decis io ns based t her eon. SUGGESTED REFERENCE TO THE MAP J ohnson, W . C . , a nd Philbin, A . W . , 2 016 , P r elim inar y sur ficia l geo logy o f t he Lyons NW quadr a ngle a nd t he R ice Count y po r t ion o f t he Geneseo quadr a ngle, K ansas : K ansas Geo logical S ur vey, Open- F ile Repo r t 2016 - 15 , scale 1 : 24 , 0 , unpublished. UNI VERS AL T RANSVERSE MERCAT OR PROJ ECT I ON, Z ONE 14 NORT H AMERI CAN DATUM OF 1 983 S CALE 1 : 24 0 1 0 1 0.5 MILES 1000 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000 500 FEET 1 0 1 2 0.5 KILOMETERS 1000 0 1000 2000 500 METERS
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11 Raymond 12 Chase 13 Lyons 14 Lyons SE 15 Windom SW 16 Alden NW 17 Alden 18 Sterling 19 Nickerson 20 Hutchinson NW
T he following descriptions consist of a com pila tion of severa l sources including field notes a nd m ea sured sections, data from sha llow (<10 m ) cores collected during the course of m a pping, K a nsa s Departm ent of T ra nsportation geologic reports, USDA NRCS data ba ses, and lithologic a nd other data in Bayne a nd W ard (1974).
GEOLOGIC UNITS
CENOZOIC
Quaternary System Holocene
Floodplain alluvium — Floodpla in deposits are associa ted with the Arka nsa s River a nd its tributaries a nd are Holocene in a ge. T hese deposits consist of cla y, silt, sa nd, and gravel. In the Arka nsa s River sa nd-to-gravel size sedim ent consists to a large extent of m a teria l derived from the Rocky Mounta ins, whereas in its tributaries (e.g., Little Arka nsa s River, Cow Creek, Little Cow Creek, a nd Rattlesna ke Creek) the coarse sedim ent is derived prim arily from loca l sha le a nd sa ndstone, with the exception of Rattlesna ke Creek, which is dom ina ted by sa nd-sized m a teria l derived from reworked Holocene sedim ents. Core data indica te tha t the thickness of the floodpla in a lluvium ranges from 0 to 45 ft (0-14 m ) and avera ges a bout 25 ft (8 m ). Loess — Upla nds in the northern a nd eastern parts of the county are m a ntled with loess, which consists of wind-transported silt with m inor a m ounts of cla y a nd very fine sa nd. T he loess is buff in color and ca lcareous. T he a ge of the loess is prim arily la te Pleistocene a nd is recognized as the Peoria Form a tion throughout the m idcontinent; it ranges up to 13 ft (4 m ) in thickness. T he older, underlying Lovela nd Form a tion is a loess unit ra nging up to 8 ft (2.5 m ) in thickness. Additiona lly, m inor loess deposition occurred in the early a nd m iddle Holocene but could not be differentia ted from term ina l Peoria Form a tion deposits in Rice County. Loess has a tota l thickness ranging up to 21 ft (6.5 m ).
MESOZOIC Dak ota Form ation — T he Da kota Form a tion is well-expressed in Rice County, with particularly in the northeastern part of the county. T he Da kota Form a tion consists of two m em bers: the T erra Cotta Clay Mem ber and the overlying Janssen Cla y Mem ber (Plum m er and Rom ary, 1947), with only the form er occurring in Rice County. T he T erra Cotta Cla y Mem ber is com posed prim arily of interbedded red-m ottled, light-gray to greenish-gray cla y a nd siltstone, a nd coarse-gra ined a nd conglom eratic sa ndstone. T hough it conta ins lentils of cross-bedded sa ndstone, the m em ber consists m ostly of cla y a nd siltstone (Bayne et a l., 1971). T opographic expression is varia ble a nd depends on the degree of cem enta tion. Ma xim um thickness of the Da kota Form a tion in Rice County is a bout 75 ft (23 m ) (Fent, 1950) and m a xim um exposed thickness is a bout 55 ft (17 m ).
CITED REFERENCES Bayne, C. K ., Fra nks, P. C., and Ives, W illia m , Jr., 1971, Geology a nd ground-water resources of Ellsworth County, centra l K a nsa s: K a nsa s Geologica l S urvey, Bulletin 201, 84 p.
Bayne, C. K ., and W ard, J. R., 1974, Geology and hydrology of Rice County, centra l K a nsas: K a nsas Geologica l S urvey, Bulletin 206, pt. 3, 17 p.
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S ection lineT ownship/ra nge lineCounty boundary
Hydrology and TopographyPerennia l strea mInterm ittent strea mW a ter body
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PRELIMINARY SURFICIAL GEOLOGY OF THE LYONS NW QUADRANGLEAND THE RICE COUNTY PORTION OF THE GENESEO QUADRANGLE, KANSAS
Geology by William C. Johnson and Andrew R. Philbin
Com puter com pila tion a nd cartogra phy by John W . Dunha m a nd S ara h F. Child2016
Elevation contours are presented for genera l reference. Used in the U.S. Geologica l S urvey’s current US T opo 1:24,000-sca le topographic m a p series, they were generated from hydrogra phica lly-im proved 1/3 arc-second Nationa l Elevation Data set (NED) data, and sm oothed during processing for use at 1:24,000 sca le. In som e pla ces the contours m a y be m ore genera lized tha n the base data used for com pila tion of geologic outcrop patterns. Outcrop patterns on the m a p will typica lly reflect topographic variation m ore a ccurately tha n the associa ted contour lines. Repea ted fluctuation of an outcrop line a cross a contour line should be interpreted as a n indica tion that the m a pped rock unit is m a inta ining a rela tively consta nt eleva tion a long a genera lized contour. 1-m LiDAR hillsha des a nd 1-m 2010 and 2012 U.S. Departm ent of Agriculture – Farm S ervices Agency (USDA-FSA) Nationa l Agriculture Im a gery Progra m (NAIP) digita l im a gery were used as references in the digita l m a pping. USGS 7.5-m in 1:24,000-sca le topographic m a ps, USDA Natura l Resources Conservation S ervice (NRCS) soil surveys, a nd other geologic m a ps a nd bulletins were used to supplem ent the m a pping. Roads a nd highwa ys are shown on the base m a p as represented by data from the K a nsa s Departm ent of T ra nsportation (K DOT ), U.S. Census Burea u, and other sources. U.S. Departm ent of Agriculture – Farm S ervices Agency (USDA-FSA) Nationa l Agriculture Im a gery Progra m (NAIP) im a gery a lso was used to check roa d locations. S ha ded relief is based on 1-m eter hydrofla ttened bare-earth DEMs from the S ta te of K a nsa s LiDAR Data ba se. T he DEM im a ges, in ERDAS IMAGINE form a t, were m osa icked into a single output DEM, downsa m pled to 2-m eter resolution, and reprojected to decim a l degrees. T he output DEM was then converted to a hillsha de, a m ultidirectiona l sha ded-relief im a ge using a ngles of illum ina tion from 0°, 225°, 270°, and 315° azim uths, ea ch 45° a bove the horizon, with a 4x vertica l exa ggeration. T his geologic m a p was funded in part by the USGS Nationa l Cooperative Geologic Mapping Progra m , a ward num ber G15AC00225 (FY 2015). T his m a p was produced using the ArcGIS system developed by Esri (Environm enta l S ystem s Research Institute, Inc.). T his m a p is a prelim inary product a nd ha s ha d less scientific a nd cartographic review tha n the K a nsa s Geologica l S urvey’s M-series geologic m a ps. K GS does not guara ntee this m a p to be free from errors or ina ccura cies a nd discla im s a ny responsibility or lia bility for interpretations m a de from the m a p or decisions based thereon. SUGGESTED REFERENCE TO THE MAP Johnson, W . C., and Philbin, A. W ., 2016, Prelim inary surficia l geology of the Lyons NW qua dra ngle a nd the Rice County portion of the Geneseo qua dra ngle, K a nsa s: K a nsa s Geologica l S urvey, Open-File Report 2016-15, sca le 1:24,000, unpublished.
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