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KANSAS Mt. Sunflower 7 ½ quad: Mt. Sunflower, KS-CO Wallace County Private land High Plains
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Unconsolidated 4,039 ft (1,231m) |
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| Sunflower sculpture at sunset. (TBT, 1991) | |
| Bedrock: Ogallala Formation | Tertiary (Miocene) |
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Porous, uncemented sand and gravel eroded from the Rocky Mountains. See further discussion for Panorama Point, Nebraska.
Surficial Geology: Pleistocene wind-blown loess. Soil Series: Ulysses silt loam: Gently sloping, well drained, mildly alkaline, grayish-brown soil developed on pale brown calcareous silt under prairie grasses. Subsoil may show lime accumulations (caliche).
Selected References: Trimble, D. E., 1980, The Geologic Story of the Great Plains: A nontechnical description of the origin and evolution of the landscape of the Great Plains: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1493.
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