USGS Loc. 7361, 7362, 7363 - Brooksville [Suwannee Lmst]
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About USGS Loc. 7361, 7362, 7363 - Brooksville [Suwannee Lmst]
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Suwannee Limestone
- Geologic interval
- Rupelian
- Age
- 33.9–27.3 Ma
- Depositional environment
- carbonate indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 46
Author notes that the fauna indicate warm water conditions rather than cold.
This collection encorporates 11 collections from the Brooksville, Florida area. Collection list is not differentiated by locality. The list of included localities follows: USGS 11113, 12322, and 12755 (lowest beds) (Mansfield's #32) - Florida Rock Products Co. quarry, about 1 mile southwest of Brooksville (Cooke and Mossom, 1926; Gunter and Mansfield, 1931; Ponton and Mansfield, 1932). USGS 7361 (Mansfield's #33) - Peck sink, 3.5 miles west of Brooksville on line between secs. 29-30, T. 22S, R. 18E, middle of N1/2 sec (Cooke, 1915). USGS 12318 - at abandoned pit of Florida State Road no. 15, 5 miles west of Brooksville (Gunter and Mansfield, 1931). USGS 12317 (all parts of quarry), 12756 (floor of quarry), 12757 (mainly from upper part of quarry; Mansfield #35)- Florida Portland Cement quarry, 10.2 miles northwest of Brooksville (Gunter and Ponton, 1931, 1932). USGS 12758 (Mansfield #36) - Camp Concrete Rock Quarry, 5.9 miles northeast of Brooksville (Ponton and Mansfield, 1932). USGS 7362 (Mansfield #38) - Varne's quarry, 2.75 miles southeast of Brooksville (Cooke, 1915). USGS 12319 (Mansfield's #39) - abandoned quarry, about 2 miles south of Brooksville (Gunter and Mansfield, 1931). USGS 12320 (Mansfield's # 40) - 2 miles east of Bayport (Gunter and Mansfield, 1932). USGS 7363 (Mansfield #41) - 1.5 miles west of Croom (Cooke, 1915). USGS 13853 (Mansfield #42) - quarry along highway no. 19, 14.5 miles soutwest of Brooksville and 2 miles wst of Weekiwachee Springs (Mansfield and MacNeil).
Fossils found here
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 60665 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about USGS Loc. 7361, 7362, 7363 - Brooksville [Suwannee Lmst]
Can you collect at USGS Loc. 7361, 7362, 7363 - Brooksville [Suwannee Lmst]?
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 Loc. 7361, 7362, 7363 - Brooksville [Suwannee Lmst]?
Fossil.
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