Microsparry calcite matrix Inoceramus shells and fragments Yellow, orange, or brown stainings and nodules of Limonite
Location
Country
United States
Extent
Outcrops from the Nebraska border near Mahaska, Kansas, about 200 miles southwest to a few miles from Dodge City, Kansas.[1] Recorded in well logs throughout the High Plains.[2]
Type section
Named for
Use as stone fenceposts
Named by
F. W. Cragin[3][4]
Year defined
1896
Fencepost limestone, Post Rock limestone, or Stone Post is a stone bed in the Great Plains notable for its historic use as fencing and construction material in north-central Kansas resulting in unique cultural expression. The source of this stone is the topmost layer of the Greenhorn Limestone formation. It is a regional marker bed as well as a valued construction material of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Kansas. This stone was very suitable for early construction in treeless settlements and it adds a notable rust orange tint to the region's many historic stone buildings. But the most famous use is seen in the countless miles of stone posts lining country roads and highways. This status gives rise to such regional appellations as Stone Post Country,[5]Post Rock Scenic Byway, and The Post Rock Capital of Kansas.[6] This rustic quality finds Fencepost limestone still used in Kansas landscaping today.
^Grace Muilenburg; Ada Swineford (1975). Land of the Post Rock – Its Origins, History, and People. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence. ISBN 978-0-7006-0129-5. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
^Cite error: The named reference MerriamMeso was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cragin, F.W. (1896). On the stratigraphy of the Platte series, or Upper Cretaceous of the Plains. Colorado College Studies. Vol. 6. Kansas Geological Survey. p. 50. Downs limestone. Limestone 6 to 12 inches thick, in Russell formation (lower part of Benton division), quarried near Downs [Osborne County, north-central Kansas] and extensively used for fence posts, so that it may appropriately be called Fencepost limestone.
^W.N. Logan (1897). "The Upper Cretaceous of Kansas". In Erasmus Haworth (ed.). The University Geological Survey of Kansas. Vol. 2: General Geology of Western Kansas. pp. 215, 217, 228.
^"Stone Post Country". Wilson Attractions. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
^"Post Rock Capital of Kansas". Live Lincoln County Kansas. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
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