Zone 5, Calcite Quarry (= Michigan Limestone & Chemical Quarry), Rogers City
Alpena County, Michigan45.41667, −83.81667
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Zone 5, Calcite Quarry (= Michigan Limestone & Chemical Quarry), Rogers City
Zone 5, Calcite Quarry (= Michigan Limestone & Chemical Quarry), Rogers City is a fossil collection site in Alpena, Michigan, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Rogers City Formation, dated to the Eifelian (393.47–387.95 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as carbonate indet. Documented finds include Pseudomphalotrochus gibsoni, Kitikamispira speciosum, Bellerophon pelops, Manitobiella goniostoma, Hypomphalocirrus rugosus.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Rogers City
- Geologic interval
- Eifelian
- Age
- 393.47–387.95 Ma
- Depositional environment
- carbonate indet.
- Altitude
- 610 feet
- Recorded occurrences
- 6
Fossils found here
Pseudomphalotrochus gibsoni
Gastropoda · Euomphalidae
Kitikamispira speciosum
Gastropoda · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Bellerophon pelops
Gastropoda · Bellerophontidae
Manitobiella goniostoma
Gastropoda · Gosseletinidae
Hypomphalocirrus rugosus
Gastropoda · Omphalocirridae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 98044 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Zone 5, Calcite Quarry (= Michigan Limestone & Chemical Quarry), Rogers City
Can you collect at Zone 5, Calcite Quarry (= Michigan Limestone & Chemical Quarry), Rogers City?
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 Zone 5, Calcite Quarry (= Michigan Limestone & Chemical Quarry), Rogers City?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.