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USGS Loc. 13583, Unit A, Hughes Creek Shale member, Foraker LS formation

Pottawatomie County, Kansas
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About USGS Loc. 13583, Unit A, Hughes Creek Shale member, Foraker LS formation

USGS Loc. 13583, Unit A, Hughes Creek Shale member, Foraker LS formation is a fossil collection site in Pottawatomie, Kansas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Foraker Limestone, dated to the Noginskian (276.8–264.9 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Wellerella, Neospirifer dunbari, Crurithyris expansa, Composita, Neochonetes granulifer.

Geologic setting

Formation
Foraker Limestone
Geologic interval
Noginskian
Age
276.8–264.9 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
5
Locality notes

Road ditch, NW1/4 SW1/4 sec. 21, T. 9S, R. 11E; Latitude/Longitude coordinates derived from TRS conversion.

Fossils found here

Wellerella
Rhynchonellata · Wellerellidae
Neospirifer dunbari
Rhynchonellata · Trigonotretidae
Crurithyris expansa
Rhynchonellata · Ambocoeliidae
Composita
Rhynchonellata · Athyrididae
Neochonetes granulifer
Strophomenata · Rugosochonetidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 11844 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about USGS Loc. 13583, Unit A, Hughes Creek Shale member, Foraker LS formation

Can you collect at USGS Loc. 13583, Unit A, Hughes Creek Shale member, Foraker LS formation?

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 USGS Loc. 13583, Unit A, Hughes Creek Shale member, Foraker LS formation?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 301 g stony meteorite was found at Kansas State University in 2004, 4 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.