L7

Location   
36.546712, -94.327603 (Google Map)

Site name       
None
Type
Road cut approximately 800 ft long

Age/Formation/Unit  (in stratigraphic order)

Devonian / Chattanooga Shale

Mississippian / St. Joe

Features of interest

Vertical section of 30+ ft.  Wide contact surface bench between fractured Chattanooga and St. Joe. Carbonate mound (bioherm?) in Compton member of St. Joe.
Lithology present

Limestone, shale, minor chert
State/County    

KS / McDonald County

Access         

US71 north east side 0.41 mi north of county 90 intersection

Support material available

Photos (90 iPhone, fracture azimuths)
Site visit history

C. Liner 11/14/2012, 6/18/2013

Stratigraphy of site

Mississippian St. Joe (Compton) carbonate mound between red dash lines.

Low-relief anticline