Near Rock Run, along Alabama-Georgia state line at midlength
Cherokee County, Alabama34.03028, −85.41222
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Near Rock Run, along Alabama-Georgia state line at midlength
Near Rock Run, along Alabama-Georgia state line at midlength is a fossil collection site in Cherokee, Alabama, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Copper Ridge Dolomite, dated to the Trempealeauan (490.2–486.85 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as carbonate indet. Documented finds include Cloudia buttsi.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Copper Ridge Dolomite
- Geologic interval
- Trempealeauan
- Age
- 490.2–486.85 Ma
- Depositional environment
- carbonate indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 1
Locality notes
NW¼ NW¼ sec. 19 T. 11 S. R. 12 E.
Fossils found here
Cloudia buttsi
Tergomya · Cyrtolitidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 156380 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Near Rock Run, along Alabama-Georgia state line at midlength
Can you collect at Near Rock Run, along Alabama-Georgia state line at midlength?
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 Near Rock Run, along Alabama-Georgia state line at midlength?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.