Hushpuckney Shale Mem, Ft. Calhoun, Washington County, NE (Schram, 1984, Loc. 5)
Can I collect here?
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Hushpuckney Shale Mem, Ft. Calhoun, Washington County, NE (Schram, 1984, Loc. 5)
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Swope
- Geologic interval
- Missourian
- Age
- 306–303.7 Ma
- Depositional environment
- offshore
- Altitude
- 1000 feet
- Recorded occurrences
- 4
"black shales seem to represent a deep-water phase of a transgressive-regressive sequence""if conodont biofacies reflect alternative controls such as substrate character or prey distribution, our data could be interpreted to indicate that the Late Paleozoic Midcontinent Seaway was never significantly deep."
Ft. Calhoun Rock Products Co. Quarry; NW 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 1/4, sec. 1, T17N, R12W
Fossils found here
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 51013 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Hushpuckney Shale Mem, Ft. Calhoun, Washington County, NE (Schram, 1984, Loc. 5)
Can you collect at Hushpuckney Shale Mem, Ft. Calhoun, Washington County, NE (Schram, 1984, Loc. 5)?
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 Hushpuckney Shale Mem, Ft. Calhoun, Washington County, NE (Schram, 1984, Loc. 5)?
Fossil.
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