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USGS 15084, Session Creek

Arkansas
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

2 miUSGS 15087, BolesFossil17 miBoard Camp Crystal Mine23 miUnnamed Quarry (Wavellite)Wavellite

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About USGS 15084, Session Creek

USGS 15084, Session Creek is a fossil collection site in Arkansas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Goniatites granosus, Mitorthoceras perfilosum.

Geologic setting

Geologic interval
Brigantian
Age
335.9–330.3 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
2
Locality notes

Scott County, Ark., Waldron 15 min quad. Loose erratic blocks of Ordovician limestone and Mississippian chert in field immediately west of Session Creek in NW1/4 SW1/4 SW1/4 sec. 5, T. 1 N., R. 28 W. Erratics along fault zone in Johns\r\nValley shale.

Fossils found here

Goniatites granosus
Cephalopoda · Goniatitidae
Mitorthoceras perfilosum
Cephalopoda · Pseudorthoceratidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 157956 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at USGS 15084, Session Creek?

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 15084, Session Creek?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 1.8 kg iron meteorite was found at Western Arkansas in 1890, 16 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.