USGS "blue file" Loc. 13402
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1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About USGS "blue file" Loc. 13402
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Heath
- Geologic interval
- Serpukhovian
- Age
- 330.3–323.4 Ma
- Depositional environment
- offshore
- Tectonic setting
- cratonic basin
- Recorded occurrences
- 10
Some of the upper Heath MAY be estuarine/non-marine as noted by the author. These localities contain wood and other plant fragments, are non-calcareous and contain no marine fossils. These localities have been omitted by me [MS].
Located on the NW flank of Durfee Creek Dome in the gorge and headwaters of Durfee Creek.; the section extends from the ne1/4 sec.24 t12n r22e into adjacent parts of the sw1/4 sec.18 and the nw1/4 sec.19 both in t12n r23e.
Fossils found here
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 5638 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about USGS "blue file" Loc. 13402
Can you collect at USGS "blue file" Loc. 13402?
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 USGS "blue file" Loc. 13402?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.