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MGS #113b

Warren County, Mississippi
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Next site in MississippiUSGS Loc. 12175. Old Yazoo road, north of National Cemetery, north of Vicksburg · 10 mi

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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About MGS #113b

MGS #113b is a fossil collection site in Warren, Mississippi, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Byram Formation, dated to the Rupelian (33.9–27.3 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as offshore and the tectonic setting is passive margin. Documented finds include Cunearca lesueuri, Pecten, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) curvirostratus, Latirus.

Geologic setting

Formation
Byram
Geologic interval
Rupelian
Age
33.9–27.3 Ma
Depositional environment
offshore
Tectonic setting
passive margin
Recorded occurrences
5
Locality notes

Byram Formation. Roadcut across from International Paper Plant and east of highway 3; SE/4, Section 23, T. 18 W., R. 4 E., Warren County, Mississippi.

Fossils found here

Cunearca lesueuri
Bivalvia · Arcidae
Pecten
Bivalvia · Pectinidae
Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) curvirostratus
Gastropoda · Muricidae
Latirus
Gastropoda · Fasciolariidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 6008 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at MGS #113b?

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 MGS #113b?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.