Road-cut along Kentucky Route 1159 just south of the Alexandria to Ashland Hwy
Bracken County, Kentucky38.68472, −84.03972
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Road-cut along Kentucky Route 1159 just south of the Alexandria to Ashland Hwy
Road-cut along Kentucky Route 1159 just south of the Alexandria to Ashland Hwy is a fossil collection site in Bracken, Kentucky, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Kope Formation, dated to the Edenian (451–450.2 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as carbonate indet. Documented finds include Cheirocystis fultonensis, Flexicalymene granulosa, Isotelus, Acidaspis, Onniella, Zygospira.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Kope
- Geologic interval
- Edenian
- Age
- 451–450.2 Ma
- Depositional environment
- carbonate indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 9
Fossils found here
Cheirocystis fultonensis
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Cheirocrinidae
Flexicalymene granulosa
Trilobita · Calymenidae
Isotelus
Trilobita · Asaphidae
Acidaspis
Trilobita · Odontopleuridae
Onniella
Rhynchonellata · Dalmanellidae
Zygospira
Rhynchonellata · Anazygidae
Merocrinus
Crinoidea · Merocrinidae
Cincinnaticrinus
Crinoidea · Cincinnaticrinidae
Ectenocrinus
Crinoidea · Homocrinidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 154339 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Road-cut along Kentucky Route 1159 just south of the Alexandria to Ashland Hwy
Can you collect at Road-cut along Kentucky Route 1159 just south of the Alexandria to Ashland Hwy?
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 Road-cut along Kentucky Route 1159 just south of the Alexandria to Ashland Hwy?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.