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MNA 383-1, Balakai Point

Navajo County, Arizona
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Next site in ArizonaMNA Loc. 306: BM 10 · 1 mi

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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About MNA 383-1, Balakai Point

MNA 383-1, Balakai Point is a fossil collection site in Navajo, Arizona, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Mancos Shale, dated to the Early Turonian (93.9–89.8 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as coastal indet. Documented finds include Ptychodus decurrens.

Geologic setting

Formation
Mancos Shale
Geologic interval
Early Turonian
Age
93.9–89.8 Ma
Depositional environment
coastal indet.
Recorded occurrences
1

Fossils found here

Ptychodus decurrens
Chondrichthyes · Ptychodontidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 276871 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at MNA 383-1, Balakai Point?

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 MNA 383-1, Balakai Point?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.