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Shale member of the Mesaverde is the "upper sandstone submember" , <br /> a medium grained, buff sandstone approximately 50 feet thick <br /> and underlying the Placita coal seam. This sandstone unit is <br /> underlain by interbedded sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, and <br /> shale referred to as the upper shale submember. The base of <br /> this shale submember is a layer of economic coal, eight feet <br /> in thickness and referred to as the "V" bed or the Dutch Creek <br /> seam. This coal seam was mined at the Dutch Creek No. 2 Mine, <br /> (Full, 1972) . <br /> Immediately underlying the Dutch Creek coal seam is a second <br /> massive sandstone unit called the middle sandstone submember. <br /> This unit is 120 feet thick and is comprised of buff colored, <br /> medium grained sandstone. This sandstone unit is underlain by <br /> the lower shale subunit, approximately 300 feet thick. The <br /> base of this shale unit is considered to be the "A" and "B" <br /> seams or the Coal Basin seam. This unit of coal is approximately <br /> 15 ft . - 20 ft . thick and has been or is currently being mined at <br /> the Dutch Creek No. 1, the L. S . Wood No . 3 , the Bear Creek No . 4, <br /> and the Coal Basin Mine (Full, 1972) . This coal seam to the <br /> top of the undifferentiated unit and including the Paonia <br /> Shale member and the Bowie Shale member is considered the <br /> Williams Fork formation of the Mesaverde group (Collins , 1977) . <br /> The Coal Basin seam is underlain by a sandstone unit approximately <br /> 140 feet thick called the Rollins sandstone member of the <br /> Mesaverde. This buff to white, fine to medium grained sandstone <br /> 8 <br />