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Fall River mouth, Turners Falls tracksite

Franklin County, Massachusetts
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Fall River mouth, Turners Falls tracksite

Fall River mouth, Turners Falls tracksite is a fossil collection site in Franklin, Massachusetts, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Portland Formation, dated to the Hettangian to Sinemurian (201.4–192.9 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as fluvial-lacustrine indet. Documented finds include Grallator tenuis, Anomoepus scambus.

Geologic setting

Formation
Portland
Geologic interval
Hettangian to Sinemurian
Age
201.4–192.9 Ma
Depositional environment
fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Altitude
79 meters
Recorded occurrences
2
Locality notes

from near mouth of Fall River near Turners Falls, near Rocky Mountain trap (also "between trap-range")

Fossils found here

Grallator tenuis
Reptilia · Grallatoridae
Anomoepus scambus
Ornithischia · Moyenisauropodidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 53032 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Fall River mouth, Turners Falls tracksite?

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 Fall River mouth, Turners Falls tracksite?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 353 g iron meteorite was found at Northampton in 1963, 21 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.