Fort Riley Limestone
The Fort Riley Limestone is a Permian stratigraphic unit and historic building stone, sold commercially as fine-grained Silverdale, at one time being quarried at Silverdale, Kansas.[2] The limestone outcrops in east-central Kansas, northeast-central Oklahoma, and southeastern Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. Its outcrop caps the bluffs overlooking the original buildings of Fort Riley.
| Fort Riley Limestone Stratigraphic range: Lower Permian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation Member |
| Unit of | Barneston Limestone |
| Underlies | Holmesville Shale member of the Doyle Shale formation[1] |
| Overlies | Oketo Shale member of the Barneston Limestone formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Region | mid-continental |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Fort Riley, Kansas |
See also
References
- "Geology and Construction-Material Resources of Marion County, Kansas By F. E. BYRNE, C. P. WALTERS, J. L. HILL, and L. RISEMAN on USGS" (PDF).
- Susan Ward Aber and David A. Grisafe (1982). Petrographic Characteristics of Kansas Building Limestones, Kansas Geological Survey, Bulletin 224. University of Kansas Publications, State Geological Survey of Kansas.
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