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WBESK1-12

Wabaunsee County, Kansas
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Next site in KansasUSGS Loc. 13695, Unit B, Neva LS member, Grenola LS formation · 0.4 mi

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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About WBESK1-12

WBESK1-12 is a fossil collection site in Wabaunsee, Kansas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Beattie Formation, dated to the Asselian (298.9–293.52 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Composita subtilita, Derbyia, Reticulatia huecoensis, Juresania, Neochonetes granulifer, Septimyalina burmai.

Geologic setting

Formation
Beattie
Geologic interval
Asselian
Age
298.9–293.52 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
10
Locality notes

NW,NE,sec.4,T14S,R11E

Fossils found here

Composita subtilita
Rhynchonellata · Athyrididae
Derbyia
Strophomenata · Derbyiidae
Reticulatia huecoensis
Strophomenata · Productidae
Juresania
Strophomenata · Echinoconchidae
Neochonetes granulifer
Strophomenata · Rugosochonetidae
Septimyalina burmai
Bivalvia · Myalinidae
Crinoidea
Crinoidea
Echinoidea
Echinoidea
Bryozoa
Bryozoa

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 784 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at WBESK1-12?

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 WBESK1-12?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 180 kg stony-iron meteorite was found at Admire in 1881, 12 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.