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Compass Minerals International, Inc is an American public company that, through its subsidiaries, is a leading producer of minerals, including salt, magnesium chloride and sulfate of potash. Based in Overland Park, Kansas ; the company provides bulk treated and untreated highway deicing salt to customers in North America and the United Kingdom ...
Searles Valley Minerals plant in Trona, California. Searles Valley Minerals Inc. is a raw materials mining and production company with corporate offices in Overland Park, Kansas. It is owned by the Indian company Nirma. [1] [2] It has major operations in the Searles Valley centered in Trona, California where it is the town's largest employer.
The Central Kansas Uplift is a broad arch in the rocks of west-central Kansas. The rock units within this arch have been major oil producers. The Anadarko Basin of southwest Kansas contains significant natural gas. The Sedgwick Basin, the Cherokee Basin and the Forest City Basin of south and east Kansas also produce petroleum and natural gas. [22]
Leaders of states in the U.S. which have significant mineral deposits often create a state mineral, rock, stone or gemstone to promote interest in their natural resources, history, tourism, etc. Not every state has an official state mineral, rock, stone and/or gemstone, however.
Monument Rocks (also Chalk Pyramids) are a series of large chalk formations in Gove County, Kansas, rich in fossils. The formations were the first landmark in Kansas chosen by the U.S. Department of the Interior as a National Natural Landmark. The chalk formations reach a height of up to 70 ft (21 m) and include formations such as buttes and ...
The Cottonwood is the main facing material for the campus buildings of Kansas State University. [4] The Topeka Performing Arts Center [12] as well as much of the Kansas State Capitol [9] and the Great Overland Station [13] in Topeka, Kansas are constructed with Cottonwood Limestone.
In eastern Colorado and western Kansas Hydrocarbon exploration, the divisions are Lincoln Limestone, Hartford Shale, and Bridge Creek Limestone. [5] In other states, where the formation is less developed, the unit is not subdivided and is named the Greenhorn Limestone, as a formation or as a member of another formation, e.g., Cody Shale ...
Castle Rock (Kansas) M. Mushroom Rock State Park This page was last edited on 6 June 2023, at 23:20 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...