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BRI Bulletin
De Quincy Fault-Line Scarp, Beauregard and Calcasieu
Parishes, Louisiana
Paul V. Heinrich
1
Abstract
The De Quincy scarp is a 25-foot (8-m)-high and
25-mile ( 40-km)-long east-west trending scarp, which
forms a prominent landform within southern
Beauregard and northern Calcasieu parishes (T7S-
R1 0-11 W). Although long recognized by geologists,
the significance of this prominent scarp has remained
unresolved. The analysis of evidence gathered from
geologic mapping, topographic maps, soils surveys,
shallow soil borings, and geophysical logs of oil and
water wells demonstrate that the De Quincy scarp is
a fault-line scarp associated with a regional east-west
trending fault.
Two distinct periods of movement have occurred
along this fault. The period of initial movement was
contemporaneous with the deposition and growth
faulting of the Upper Eocene strata. The fault was
inactive for the Oligocene, all of the Miocene, and
most of the Pliocene. During the Late Pliocene or
Early Pleistocene, the fault became active again, and
about 300ft (90 m) of vertical separation occurred.
The amount of vertical separation increases with
depth.
1
Louisiana Geological Survey, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
Introduction
The De Quincy scarp is a prominent east-west,
coast-parallel scarp that lies within northern
Calcasieu Parish and southern Beauregard Parish.
Within the vicinity of the city of De Quincy, the De
Quincy scarp has a relief of about 25ft (8 m) and a
width of about 60 to 100ft (18 to 30m). This scarp
has a total length of about 25 miles ( 40 km). In ad-
dition, the De Quincy, East Perkins and Perkins oil
fields, all of which parallel this scarp, lie 0. 7 to 0.9
mile (1.1 to 1.4 km) south of it (Heinrich, 1988; U.S.
Geological Survey, 1956a, b, c). The De Quincy scarp
is one of several recently mapped linear coast-paral-
lel scarps within southwest Louisiana (Fig. 1).
The purpose of this study was to determine the
origin of this well-defined scarp. Fisk (1939 and
1948) uses the De Quincy scarp as a major deposi-
tional terrace scarp between his Montgomery and
Bentley terraces. However, later mapping by Snead
and McCulloh (1984) and Kesel (1987) shows that
the depositional terrace boundary between their In-
termediate and Prairie Complex consists of a lower
and much more irregular scarp. This scarp lies 4 to
6 miles ( 6 to 10 km) south of the De Quincy scarp.
As a result, Fisk's very prominent and regional
bounding scarp lies within the Intermediate Com-
plex and thus its origin remains unexplained
(Aronow, 1986; Birdseye and Aronow, 1988). This
study investigated the origin of this scarp because
the regional extent and relief exhibited indicates a
landform that represents a significant aspect of the
geomorphology of southwest Louisiana.
An initial review of the existing literature con-
cerning the regional geology of the De Quincy area
and the Louisiana Coastal Plain resulted in a work-
ing hypothesis that the De Quincy scarp is a fault-
line scarp. Within East Baton Rouge Parish, Durham
and Peeples (1956), Durham (1964), and Winz et al.
(1970) and McCulloh (1996) demonstrate that scarps
of identical morphology and similar relief are the
surface expression of onshore, listric faults. In addi-
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tion, the De Quincy scarp is straighter, higher, and
more distinct than the complexly embayed, 3 to 12
ft ( 1 to 4 m) high, and indistinct depositional scarp
that separates the Prairie and Intermediate complexes
(Birdseye and Aronow, 1988; Heinrich, 1988).
Also, structural rna ps of the De Quincy, East
Perkins and Perkins oil fields by Autin (1952) and
Holland et al. (1952) illustrate the presence of are-
gional fault that precisely parallels the De Quincy
scarp (Fig. 2). Tectonics associated with this fault
created rollover structures containing the De Quincy,
East Perkins, and Perkins oil fields, which lie along
its downthrown side. The subsurface trace of this
fault, at a depth of about 5100 ft (1550 m) below
sea level, lies about 0.5 mile ( 800 m) gulfward of the
scarp (Autin 1952). At this position, the fault would
have an average dip of about 59 in order to crop
out as the scarp. This dip lies well within the 59 30'
to 64 0' range of dips and 61 o 20' average dip cal-
culated by Autin (1952) from well logs for subsur-
face portions of this fault.
Furthermore, the presence of fault-line scarps in
adjacent portions of southeast Texas and theoretical
considerations suggest that fault-line scarps should
occur within southwest Louisiana despite the lack
of mapped fault-line scarps. Within nearby Jasper
County, Texas, between Buna and Kirbyville, Ber-
nard (1950) illustrates well-defined fault-line scarps
(Fig. 1). Nunn (1985) concludes that the same tec-
tonic forces that produced fault-line scarps in the
Florida Parishes of Louisiana and Jasper County,
Texas, also affected southwest Louisiana. Although
Snead and McCulloh (1984) illustrate a lack of faults
within southwest Louisiana, the presence of fault-
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Figure 2-Relationship of subsurface structure to surface features in the De Quincy area. Structural contours and faults from
Holland et al. ( 1952). Contour interval= 10ft.
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line scarps within that region would be consistent
with the observations of Bernard (1950) and con-
clusions of Nunn (1985). Therefore, it was hypoth-
esized that the De Quincy scarp is a fault-line scarp.
The testing of this hypothesis demonstrates that
a clear association exists between the De Quincy
scarp and a major growth fault associated with
rollover structures. Cross sections compiled from
subsurface data showed that the fault associated with
the nearby De Quincy, East Perkins, and Perkins oil
fields could be traced up the base of the De Quincy
scarp. Analysis of subsurface data together with the
geomorphology of the study area clearly demon-
strated that the De Quincy scarp is a fault-line scarp.
This fault-line scarp exhibited a growth history simi-
lar to that of the Baton Rouge fault within East Ba-
ton Rouge Parish and the Tepetate fault zone within
Pointe Coupee Parish (Durham and Peeples, 1956;
Hanor, 1982). If the De Quincy scarp is a fault-line
scarp, then other such scarps mapped within south-
west Louisiana are likely fault-line scarps (Fig. 1).
Methodology
The hypothesis that the De Quincy scarp is a
fault-line scarp was tested by using a study area con-
sisting of 60 square miles, which straddles the bor-
der between Calcasieu and Beauregard parishes near
and including the city of De Quincy (Fig. 3). This
study area consisted of parts of township T. 7 S., R.
11 W., T. 7 S., R 10 W., T. 8 S., R. 11 W. and T. 8 S.,
R 10 W. This area was chosen because of the avail-
ability of different types of subsurface data, e.g., well
logs of oil, water, and disposal wells; surface data,
e.g., aerial photography and soils survey; and the
presence of a well-defined segment of the De Quincy
scarp.
The preexisting subsurface data consisted of elec-
tric logs of water wells, saltwater disposal wells, and
oil wells, and biostratigraphic data from the latter.
The electric logs of water wells came from wells
drilled by the city of De Quincy for municipal water
supply (Appendix 1). They were found in the files of
the U.S. Geological Survey in Baton Rouge, Louisi-
ana. The electric logs of oil wells came from wildcat
wells scattered about the study area and production
wells associated with the De Quincy, East Perkins,
and Perkins oil fields (Appendix 1). These well logs
were found in the Log Files section in the Oil and
Gas Division, Office of Conservation, Louisiana
Department of Natural Resources. Biostratigraphic
data from various sources locating the top of the
Heterostegina datum, Marginulina idomorpha da-
tum, and Frio Formation were incorporated into elec-
tric log correlations. This data was used to construct
detailed north-south cross sections extending across
the De Quincy scarp and several kilometers to the
south (Fig. 2). Because of the overlapping well logs
from oil wells and water and salt-water disposal
wells, it was possible to construct cross sections from
the surface down to depths of 5500 to 6400 ft (1800
to 2100 m) below sea level.
As part of geologic mapping done for the Snead
et al (1997), a series of ten shallow holes were drilled
as part of two transects crossing the De Quincy scarp
(Fig. 2). Each transect consisted of five holes drilled
as to straddle the scarp. The holes were cored with a
Giddings Soil probe until either refusal or caving of
the hole made additional coring impossible. The re-
covered cores were described in the field.
This study used various types of surface data.
The surface data consisted of the soil survey of
Calcasieu Parish (Roy and Midkiff, 1988), 1:20,000-
scale Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Service aerial photography of Calcasieu and
Beauregard parishes, dating from 1940 to 1953, field
observations, and 7.5-minute U. S. Geological Sur-
vey topographic maps made for this area. From this
data, geomorphic surfaces, lineations, and relict and
modern landforms were mapped on the 1:24,000-
scale, 7.5-minute U.S. Geological Survey topographic
maps.
Results
Interpretation of the surficial and subsurface ge-
ology of the De Quincy scarp revealed evidence dem-
onstrating that the De Quincy scarp is a fault-line
scarp. Interpretation of subsurface data showed that
the fault associated with the De Quincy, Perkins, and
West Perkins oil fields extend up to the base of the
De Quincy scarp. The surface of the project area
exhibits geomorphic features, in addition to the scarp,
which are commonly associated with faulting and
indicate subsidence along the downthrown side of
the scarp.
Subsurface
Cross sections made from subsurface data show
that the fault associated with rollover structures con-
taining the De Quincy, Perkins, and West Perkins oil
fields extends to the base of the De Quincy scarp.
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First, the cross sections confirmed that a major, re-
gional normal fault very closely parallels the De
Quincy scarp as indicated by previous studies, e.g.,
Autin (1952) and Holland et al. (1952). Second, the
cut points determined from the geophysical logs of
water, oil, and gas wells within the study area define
the depth and separation of the fault between 2440
to 6960 ft (700 to 2000 m) below sea level (Figs. 4
and 5). The cross sections clearly showed that the
dip of this fault projects its plane to the base of the
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Calcasieu Parish
De Quincy scarp. Finally, the changes in the eleva-
tion of stratigraphic units across the projected up-
ward plane of the fault clearly indicate that faulting
along it has offset strata between 210 to 2440 ft ( 60
to 700 m) below sea level. Within this interval the
relative separation is approximately 300 ft (90 m)
(Fig. 6).
Above 700ft (200m) below sea level, the analy-
sis of the subsurface data demonstrated that the
amount of separation increases with depth (Fig. 6).
Miles
Kilometers
LEGEND
Holocene Deposits
Unnamed alluvial deposits
Unnamed alluvium fan deposits
Pleistocene Deposits
Deweyville allogroup
D Prairie Allogroup, Beaumont Formation
Cultural Features
18881 City or town
--Highway
---- Parish boundary
n9so Oil or water well
a LC4 Shallow boring
Structural Feature
D Intermediate Allogroup, Lissie Formation --J-- Fault-line scarp
Figure 3-Geologic sketch map of the De Quincy area covering both the De Quincy and Gordon 7.5-minute quadrangles.
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Sa, Sb, Sc, Sd = Sandstone marker beds; Sh = Shale marker beds
Figure 4-Cross section A -A' across De Quincy scarp.
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N = N Sand of Autin (1952)
Sa, Sb, Sc, Sd = Sandstone marker beds; Sh = Shale marker beds
Figure 5-Cross section B-B' across De Quincy scarp.
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For example, the base of the Alta Lorna Sand is off-
set by 94ft (27m) at its base and by 42ft (12m) at
its top. Sedimentation clearly was contemporaneous
with faulting within this interval. This upward de-
-.surface of Intermediate Allogroup
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crease in separation is consistent with the 24ft ( 8 m)
of offset exhibited by the De Quincy scarp.
Analysis of subsurface data from the shallow
Giddings holes provided evidence of offset across the
scarp within Pleistocene alluvial strata underlying the
Intermediate Complex. In the borings, about 7 m
(20 ft) of light grayish-brown to light gray clay silt,
silty clay, and clay lies on top of a red to strong brown
clayey silts and clays (Figs. 7 and 8). In one boring,
about 9ft (3m) of loose, wet, silty sand was present
at the base of the upper unit. In cross section C-C',
the offset of the contact between the two units ap-
pears to be about 40 ft ( 12 m) across the fault-line
scarp (Fig. 7). In cross section D-D', the offset is about
30ft (9 m) across the fault-line scarp (Fig. 8).
Surface
Geomorphic features within the study area also
indicate a fault-line scarp. The De Quincy scarp ex-
hibits distinctive tonal and topographic lineaments
that are often associated with faulting. The topo-
graphic lineament not only includes the scarp itself,
but also saddles that cross the crest of interfluves
and ridges where they join the scarp. Finally, the scarp
offsets the surface of the Intermediate Complex by
24ft (8 m) (Figs. 3, 4, and 5).
Evidence of subsidence along the edge of the De
Quincy scarp is present within the study area. On
the Prairie Complex, an ancient channel of Beckwith
Creek abruptly turns 90 and flows westward along
the base of the scarp before turning 90 to again re-
sume a southward course. Holocene subsidence is
indicated by the presence of a large swamp that ter-
minates within the flood plain of Cowards Gully,
where it crosses the projected fault trace. The abrupt
change in channel course and termination of swamp
may reflect the effects of subsidence along the edge
of the fault. Subsidence adjacent to a fault-line scarp
is commonly associated with active Gulf Coast nor-
mal faults. The subsidence results from either the
formation of a small half graben or other types of
deformation as a result of active fault movement (Van
Siclen, 1981).
Discussion
Analysis of the above data demonstrated that the
De Quincy scarp is a fault-line scarp. This suggests
that similar scarps mapped within southwestern
Louisiana and other parts of the Gulf Coastal Plains
are also fault-line scarps. The presence of fault-line
scarps within southwestern Louisiana support and
contradict current models of neotectonics. Finally,
these fault-line scarps demonstrate the likely pres-
ence of a here-to-fore unrecognized form of geologi-
cal hazard within this region.
Other Scarps
Within southwest Louisiana, other similar scarps
have been mapped (Fig. 1). Many of these scarps are
considered fault-line scarps because they exhibit
many of the characteristics of the De Quincy scarp.
The China and Reeves scarps exhibit these charac-
teristics.
For example, the China scarp, which is named
for the China Cemetery within Sec. 19, T. 7 S., R. 5
W., clearly represents a fault-line scarp (U.S. Geo-
logical Survey, 1960). The China scarp consists of a
13-mile (21-km) scarp having a relief of 6 to 10ft (2
to 3 m) and a width of 400 to 800 ft ( 122 m to 243
m). It starts within Sec. 22, T. 7 S., R. 5 W. and ex-
tends to Sec. 22, T. 7 S., R. 4 W., Jefferson Davis
Parish, Louisiana (Fig. 1). Two additional scarp frag-
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ments occur 5 miles ( 8 km) farther east within Acadia
Parish. The China scarp lies on the north, upthrown
side and parallel to a regional fault called the Seven-
South fault zone by Paine (1962). This scarp has
truncated the valley wall of an ancient Red River
channel, vertically displaced the same relict chan-
nel, and caused a short east-west deflection in an
associated relict river course segment. Holocene
n1ovement of the fault associated with this scarp is
indicated by the presence of swamp within the flood
plain of Serpent Bayou, immediately downstream
of where the fault trace is projected to cross it.
About 7 miles ( 11 km) west of the west end of
the China scarp along the strike of the Seven-South
fault zone, Paine (1962) illustrates a fault within flu-
vial deposits of the Prairie Allogroup. This fault was
exposed within the sides of the Wolfe gravel pits
within Sec. 29, T. 7 S., R. 6 W. The fault dies out
before it reaches the surface of the Prairie Allogroup.
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The exposed fault lies about 4000 ft ( 1220 m) north
of the Hawkins and Cummings, King Corp. No. 2
well, which cuts the Seven-South fault zone at a depth
of 64 77ft (1974 m) (Paine 1962). Thus, the dip re-
quired for the surface faulting to be connected with
the Seven-South fault zone would be 52, which is
low, but still possible, for a Gulf Coast growth fault.
Louisiana Coastal Neotectonics
Nunn (1985) and Lopez (1991) propose two con-
tradictory models concerning how the Louisiana
coastal plain and continental shelf are reacting to
stress generated by the sedimentary load imposed
on them during the last 2 million years. According
to Nunn (1985), this tension results from extremely
high sedimentation rates, about 4.7 to 7.1 in (12 to
18 em) per 100 years, since the start of the Pleis-
tocene Epoch. This high rate of sedimentation cre-
ated a zone of horizontal extension within the un-
derlying crust, which resulted in the reactivation of
LC2
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Distance (miles)
LEGEND
I < I Holocene alluvium and Prairie Allogroup
c=J Unnamed pedisediment
Upper unnamed alluvium, Intermediate Allogroup
...___......__..... Lower unnamed alluvium, Intermediate Allogroup
Figure 7-Surficial cross section C-C' across De Quincy scarp.
\
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+
1
Boring
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Tertiary growth faults within overlying Tertiary sedi-
ments. Nunn (1985) indicates that the current state
of stress within the coastal plain is uniformly ten-
sional across the entire Louisiana coastal plain. Thus,
this model predicts that evidence for the reactiva-
tion of Late Tertiary faults should be found across
the entire Louisiana coastal plain along the proposed
hinge line, rather than just in the Florida Parishes
alone.
In contrast, Lopez (1991) proposes that the cur-
rent subsidence is restricted to a wedge-shaped sec-
tion of the Louisiana Coastal Plain and continental
shelf. This section is bounded to the north by the
Comachean Shelf Edge and to the east by :a gener-
ally north to south trending hinge line. Within the
Florida Parishes, the Denham Springs Baton Rouge
fault zone lies south of the Comachean Shelf Edge.
D
North
100
LC6
+
Vertical Exaggeration = 40X
-50
0 1.0
The subsidence presumably results from the loading
of the continental margin, starting in the Miocene
Epoch and continued into modern times (Lopez,
1991). The hinge line, which forms the western edge
of the subsiding block, lies along the western valley
wall of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley or within the
Atchafalaya Basin (Lopez, 1991, personal commu-
nications 1992).
The confirmation of the De Quincy scarp as be-
ing a fault-line scarp and the presence of similar
scarps within southwestern Louisiana strongly sup-
ports the model ofNunn (1985) and contradicts the
model of Lopez (1991). The presence of identified
and potential fault-line scarps within southwestern
Louisiana clearly supports the conclusion of Nunn
(1985) that a belt along the entire Louisiana Coastal
Plain is being subjected to tensional stress that has
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t = : : = : : = : : = : : = : : = = ~ = = ~ Upper unnamed alluvium, Intermediate Allogroup
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Figure 8-Surficial cross section D-D' across De Quincy scarp.
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reactivated older Tertiary growth faults during the
Pleistocene. In contrast, the observed distribution of
these scarps contradict the model of Lopez (1991),
which has the tensional stress and the faulting along
the Tepetate and other growth fault zones terminat-
ing at his north to south trending hingeline, either
along the western edge of or within the Mississippi
Alluvial Valley. Finally, the timing and magnitude of
both the Baton Rouge fault and the fault associated
with the De Quincy scarp are similar enough to in-
dicate that they have a common history of move-
ment. The similarity in the history of movement along
both faults would not exist if subsidence of the Loui-
siana shelf and coastal plain was limited to the area
lying east of Lopez's (1991) hypothetical hingeline.
Geologic Hazards
Despite the lack of seismicity on the fault associ-
ated within the De Quincy scarp, this and the other
faults associated with scarps within southwest Loui-
siana constitute a potential geological hazard to struc-
tures, pipelines, and roads crossing the traces of these
scarps. Movement along these faults could inflict sig-
nificant damage to structures straddling their traces.
Any such movements would tilt and deform, and
ultimately break and pull apart the foundations and
superstructures of houses, pavement of roads and
highways, and water and sewer lines built across
them (Roland et al., 1981). Movement along faults
also results in subsidiary faulting on both the
downthrown and upthrown sides of a fault and sub-
sidence adjacent to the fault trace on its downthrown
side. This subsidiary faulting and subsidence can
extend the zone of structural damage associated with
a fault as much as 20 to 100ft (6 to 30m) on either
side of its trace (Verbeek and Clanton, 1981;
McCulloh, 1991 ).
Further Research
At this ti1ne, additional research ren1ains to be
done concerning the De Quincy and other scarps
within southwest Louisiana. In case of the De Quincy
scarp, the precise position of the fault trace relative
to the De Quincy scarp remains uncertain. Similarly,
the precise location of other fault traces relative to
their associated scarps within southwestern Louisi-
ana are undetermined. In addition, the identification
of other southwest Louisiana scarps as fault-line
scarps remains to be clearly demonstrated. Finally,
the history of faulting is known only for the fault
associated with the De Quincy scarp.
Acknowledgments
I thank John Anderson of the National Carto-
graphic Information Center, Department of Geogra-
phy and Anthropology, Louisiana State University
(LSU), and Joyce Nelson, formerly of the same, for
access to their aerial photocopy and map collections
that made this research possible. I also thank the
staff of the Well Log Files of the Louisiana Depart-
ment of Natural Resources (DNR) for their help and
cooperation. Finally, I thank Whitney Autin of the
State University of New York at Brockton, Bill
Marsalis of the DNR Office of Mineral Resources,
and Richard McCulloh of the Louisiana Geological
Survey, LSU, and Dr. Michael Simms for their en-
couragement and comments.
Engineering Research Associates of Baytown,
Texas, provided grants and logistical support for the
research conducted prior to my employment with
the Louisiana Geological Survey. In addition, sub-
surface investigations of the De Quincy fault-line
scarp was supported by the U.S. Geological Survey,
Department of Interiot; under Assistance Award No.
1434-HQ-96-AG01490, as part of research con-
ducted for Snead et al. (1997).
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Appendix A -Well logs Used in Cross Sections
Cross Section A
Well No. Well Name Company Top Log
TD (ft)
69619 Edgewood Land Shell Oil Co. 120
10704
& Logging B-1
71035 Edgewood Land Beck Oil Co. 1805
10513
& Logging #1
CU-1163 Calcasieu Parish Calcasieu Parish 20
808
Water Works District #7, Test Well #1
155052 Owens-Illinois #1 M. R. Johnson 1049
7128
172266 Owens-Illinois # Delta Energy 800
6997
167460 Owens-Illinois #1 Lea Exploration 1019
7119
90828 Edgewood Land General American 832
6138
& Logging #21 Oil Company
72980 Edgewood Land Temple Hargrove 394
7192
& Logging #1 & Cypress Oil Co.
Cu-790 Well No. Cu-790 U. S. Geol. Survey 42
424
Cross Section B
Well No. Well Name Company Top Log
TD
Cu-1038 De Quincy Industrial Calcasieu Parish 20
762
Air Park Well #1
42185 Lutcher-Moore D-1 Niloco Co. 1019
7002
45066 Lutcher-Moore C-1 Niloco Co. 521
6402
87848 Industrial Lumber #1 F. E. Jameson 820
7052
40132 A. C. McPatter #B-1 Niloco Co. 833
7370
40347 Sun Fee #1 Sun Oil Company 2004
6900
L-83 Saltwater Disposal Sun Oil Company 90
3340
Well #1
40766 Sun Fee #1 Sun Oil Company 2020
6750