USGS Loc. 14855, Unit D, Hughes Creek Shale member, Foraker LS formation
Greenwood County, Kansas37.81111, −96.47083
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About USGS Loc. 14855, Unit D, Hughes Creek Shale member, Foraker LS formation
USGS Loc. 14855, Unit D, Hughes Creek Shale member, Foraker LS formation is a fossil collection site in Greenwood, 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 Fenestrata, Neospirifer dunbari, Composita subtilita, Parajuresania nebrascensis, Linoproductus, Septimyalina.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Foraker Limestone
- Geologic interval
- Noginskian
- Age
- 276.8–264.9 Ma
- Depositional environment
- marine indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 6
Locality notes
NW1/4 SW1/4 SW1/4 sec. 6, T. 26S, R. 9E; coordinates based on TRS conversion.
Fossils found here
Fenestrata
Stenolaemata
Neospirifer dunbari
Rhynchonellata · Trigonotretidae
Composita subtilita
Rhynchonellata · Athyrididae
Parajuresania nebrascensis
Strophomenata · Echinoconchidae
Linoproductus
Strophomenata · Linoproductidae
Septimyalina
Bivalvia · Myalinidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 11998 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about USGS Loc. 14855, Unit D, Hughes Creek Shale member, Foraker LS formation
Can you collect at USGS Loc. 14855, Unit D, 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. 14855, Unit D, Hughes Creek Shale member, Foraker LS formation?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.