Blue Point, AZ (A1-1) is a fossil collection site in Cocconino, Arizona, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Mancos Shale, dated to the Late Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet and the tectonic setting is cratonic basin. Documented finds include Metoicoceras, Sciponoceras, Inoceramus, Inoceramidae, Pseudoptera, Lima.

Geologic setting

Formation: Mancos Shale
Geologic interval: Late Cenomanian
Age: 100.5–93.9 Ma
Depositional environment: marine indet.
Tectonic setting: cratonic basin
Recorded occurrences: 20

Geology notes

Very fine grained, olive gray, well indurated.<P>Note: Section A1 constitutes interbedded limestones, sandstones, and shales, but this sedimentary structure is not reflected in the descriptions of each collection, as each is often a single bed, or a portion thereof.

Locality notes

Garces Mesa NE, Arizona, Quadrangle

Fossils found here

Metoicoceras

Cephalopoda · Acanthoceratidae

Sciponoceras

Cephalopoda · Baculitidae

Inoceramus

Bivalvia · Inoceramidae

Inoceramidae

Bivalvia · Inoceramidae

Pseudoptera

Bivalvia · Bakevelliidae

Lima

Bivalvia · Limidae

Pycnodonte

Bivalvia · Gryphaeidae

Gryphaeostrea

Bivalvia · Gryphaeidae

Exogyra

Bivalvia · Gryphaeidae

Vulsella

Bivalvia · Malleidae

Lithophaga

Bivalvia · Mytilidae

Lucina

Bivalvia · Lucinidae

Cymbophora

Bivalvia · Mactridae

Corbula

Bivalvia · Corbulidae

Bivalvia

Turritella

Gastropoda · Turritellidae

Mesostoma

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Gastropoda

Serpula

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Serpulidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 2171 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Blue Point, AZ (A1-1)

Can you collect at Blue Point, AZ (A1-1)?

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 Blue Point, AZ (A1-1)?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.