USGS M28665
Can I collect here?
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About USGS M28665
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Bedford Canyon
- Geologic interval
- Bajocian
- Age
- 170.9–168.2 Ma
- Depositional environment
- marine indet.
- Tectonic setting
- forearc basin
- Recorded occurrences
- 5
Another limestone (USGS Mesozoic loc. 28665) contains fossils of Bajocian age and is located near the head of McBride Canyon in the NE corner of sec. 31, T. 4 S., R. 6 W. This lens is on the south side of the canyon just north of the crest of a low ridge. It is about 400 feet west of the east line of sec. 31, 300 feet south of the north line of sec. 31, and 800 feet east of the Bedford Motorway. A map showing the geologic and geographic setting of the area that includes these limestone lenses has been published previously (Silberling, Schoellhamer, Gray, and Imlay, 1961, p. 1747).
Fossils found here
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 200048 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about USGS M28665
Can you collect at USGS M28665?
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 M28665?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.