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CQDP-6

Chautauqua County, Kansas
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Next site in KansasUSGS Loc. 13753, West Branch Shale member, Janesville Shale formation · 0.8 mi

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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

0.8 miUSGS Loc. 13753, West Branch Shale member, Janesville Shale formationFossil1 miCWLOD-3Fossil2 miUSGS Loc. 14940, Five Point LS member, Janesville Shale formationFossil

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About CQDP-6

CQDP-6 is a fossil collection site in Chautauqua, Kansas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Falls City Limestone, dated to the Virgilian (303.7–298.9 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as offshore and the tectonic setting is cratonic basin. Documented finds include Girtopinna peracuta, Derbyia, Parajuresania nebrascensis, Punctospirifer kentuckensis.

Geologic setting

Formation
Falls City Limestone
Geologic interval
Virgilian
Age
303.7–298.9 Ma
Depositional environment
offshore
Tectonic setting
cratonic basin
Recorded occurrences
4
Locality notes

SE,SW,SE,sec.22,T32S,R8E

Fossils found here

Girtopinna peracuta
Bivalvia · Pinnidae
Derbyia
Strophomenata · Derbyiidae
Parajuresania nebrascensis
Strophomenata · Echinoconchidae
Punctospirifer kentuckensis
Rhynchonellata · Punctospiriferidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 845 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at CQDP-6?

It depends on who owns the land and whether a mining claim covers it. BLM land usually allows hand collecting for personal use, national parks allow none, and private land needs the owner’s permission. Pro members see the owner and any claims at this spot.

What minerals are found at CQDP-6?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 2 kg stony meteorite was found at Wilmot in 1944, 21 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.