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MNA Loc. 324: BM 10

Navajo County, Arizona
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About MNA Loc. 324: BM 10

MNA Loc. 324: BM 10 is a fossil collection site in Navajo, 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 basinal (siliceous) and the tectonic setting is foreland basin. Documented finds include Cerithioderma, Inoceramus, Turritella.

Geologic setting

Formation
Mancos Shale
Geologic interval
Late Cenomanian
Age
100.5–93.9 Ma
Depositional environment
basinal (siliceous)
Tectonic setting
foreland basin
Recorded occurrences
3

Fossils found here

Cerithioderma
Gastropoda · Trichotropidae
Inoceramus
Bivalvia · Inoceramidae
Turritella
Gastropoda · Turritellidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 55568 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at MNA Loc. 324: BM 10?

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 Loc. 324: BM 10?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.