Schemeompf’s old Quarry, top of a hill, west of Conococheague Creek
Washington County, Maryland39.68333, −77.82500
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Schemeompf’s old Quarry, top of a hill, west of Conococheague Creek
Schemeompf’s old Quarry, top of a hill, west of Conococheague Creek is a fossil collection site in Washington, Maryland, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Chambersburg Formation, dated to the Turinian (457.3–453.8 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as carbonate indet. Documented finds include Durhamicystis americana.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Chambersburg
- Geologic interval
- Turinian
- Age
- 457.3–453.8 Ma
- Depositional environment
- carbonate indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 1
Locality notes
about 2.1 miles (3.4 km) NNE and 0.5 miles (0.8 km) east of Wilson
Fossils found here
Durhamicystis americana
Eocrinoidea · Rhipidocystidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 210634 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Schemeompf’s old Quarry, top of a hill, west of Conococheague Creek
Can you collect at Schemeompf’s old Quarry, top of a hill, west of Conococheague Creek?
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 Schemeompf’s old Quarry, top of a hill, west of Conococheague Creek?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.