Bugwood Narrows, southeast of State Resort Park, main bend of Lake Cumberland
Russell County, Kentucky36.92083, −85.00694
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Bugwood Narrows, southeast of State Resort Park, main bend of Lake Cumberland
Bugwood Narrows, southeast of State Resort Park, main bend of Lake Cumberland is a fossil collection site in Russell, Kentucky, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Fort Payne Formation, dated to the Osagean (351.9–342.9 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as carbonate indet. Documented finds include Agaricocrinus, Thinocrinus, Alloprosallocrinus conicus, Gilbertsocrinus tuberosus, Eretmocrinus magnificus, Catillocrinus.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Fort Payne
- Geologic interval
- Osagean
- Age
- 351.9–342.9 Ma
- Depositional environment
- carbonate indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 17
Locality notes
Shore of Lake Cumberland, main body, at Bugwood Narrows, Jamestown Quad., carter Coord: 1400' WEL, SL, sec.21, F-54
Fossils found here
Agaricocrinus
Crinoidea · Coelocrinidae
Thinocrinus
Crinoidea · Actinocrinitidae
Alloprosallocrinus conicus
Crinoidea · Batocrinidae
Gilbertsocrinus tuberosus
Crinoidea · Rhodocrinitidae
Eretmocrinus magnificus
Crinoidea · Batocrinidae
Catillocrinus
Crinoidea · Catillocrinidae
Actinocrinites
Crinoidea · Actinocrinitidae
Eretmocrinus ramulosus
Crinoidea · Batocrinidae
Magnuscrinus praegravis
Crinoidea · Batocrinidae
Synbathocrinus
Crinoidea · Synbathocrinidae
Cyathocrinites iowensis
Crinoidea · Cyathocrinitidae
Platycrinites
Crinoidea · Platycrinitidae
Halysiocrinus
Crinoidea · Calceocrinidae
Barycrinus
Crinoidea · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Scytalocrinus
Crinoidea · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 165191 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Bugwood Narrows, southeast of State Resort Park, main bend of Lake Cumberland
Can you collect at Bugwood Narrows, southeast of State Resort Park, main bend of Lake Cumberland?
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 Bugwood Narrows, southeast of State Resort Park, main bend of Lake Cumberland?
Fossil.
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