Spergen Hill, near railroad station at Harristown, southeast of Salem
Washington County, Indiana38.60000, −86.01667
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Spergen Hill, near railroad station at Harristown, southeast of Salem
Spergen Hill, near railroad station at Harristown, southeast of Salem is a fossil collection site in Washington, Indiana, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Salem Formation, dated to the Meramecian (342.9–335.4 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as carbonate indet. Documented finds include Retispira textilis, Waagenella spergenensis, Bulimorpha bulimiformis, Bulimorpha elongata, Girtyspira canaliculata, Oxyprora carinatum.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Salem
- Geologic interval
- Meramecian
- Age
- 342.9–335.4 Ma
- Depositional environment
- carbonate indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 32
Locality notes
S½, sec. 24, T2N, R4E
Fossils found here
Retispira textilis
Gastropoda · Bellerophontidae
Waagenella spergenensis
Gastropoda · Bellerophontidae
Bulimorpha bulimiformis
Gastropoda · Soleniscidae
Bulimorpha elongata
Gastropoda · Soleniscidae
Girtyspira canaliculata
Gastropoda · Meekospiridae
Oxyprora carinatum
Rostroconchia · Bransoniidae
Leptoconocardium catastomum
Rostroconchia · Conocardiidae
Diedrorynchus conalatum
Rostroconchia · Bransoniidae
Serpulospira planispira
Gastropoda · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Straparollus quadrivolvis
Gastropoda · Euomphalidae
Straparollus spergenensis
Gastropoda · Euomphalidae
Anematina proutana
Gastropoda · Elasmonematidae
Murchisonia vincta
Gastropoda · Murchisoniidae
Pseudozygopleura yandellana
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Hypergonia attenuata
Gastropoda · Orthonemidae
Neilsonia insculpta
Gastropoda · Gosseletinidae
Hypergonia turritella
Gastropoda · Orthonemidae
Hypergonia vermicula
Gastropoda · Orthonemidae
Naticopsis carleyana
Gastropoda · Naticopsidae
Eotrochus tenuimarginatus
Gastropoda · Luciellidae
Rhineoderma wortheni
Gastropoda · Gosseletinidae
Amaurotoma leavenworthana
Gastropoda · Microdomatidae
Rhineoderma nodulostriata
Gastropoda · Gosseletinidae
Gosseletina subglobosa
Gastropoda · Gosseletinidae
Amaurotoma subangulatum
Gastropoda · Microdomatidae
Stenoloron swallovana
Gastropoda · Gosseletinidae
Platyzona trilineata
Gastropoda · Goniasmatidae
Euconospira conula
Gastropoda · Eotomariidae
Euconospira elegantula
Gastropoda · Eotomariidae
Lepetopsis levettei
Tergomya · Metoptomatidae
Tricoelocrinus woodmani
Blastoidea · Troosticrinidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 129910 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Spergen Hill, near railroad station at Harristown, southeast of Salem
Can you collect at Spergen Hill, near railroad station at Harristown, southeast of Salem?
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 Spergen Hill, near railroad station at Harristown, southeast of Salem?
Fossil.
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