Fairmount is a fossil collection site in Grant, Indiana, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Castoroides ohioensis.

Geologic setting

Geologic interval: Late Pleistocene
Age: 0.129–0.0117 Ma
Depositional environment: marine indet.
Recorded occurrences: 1

Fossils found here

Castoroides ohioensis

Mammalia · Castoridae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 216189 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Fairmount

Can you collect at Fairmount?

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 Fairmount?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.