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Spring Hill Creek, Hedding [Merchantville Fm]

Burlington County, New Jersey
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Spring Hill Creek, Hedding [Merchantville Fm]

Spring Hill Creek, Hedding [Merchantville Fm] is a fossil collection site in Burlington, New Jersey, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Merchantville Formation, dated to the Early Campanian (83.6–72.2 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as coastal indet. Documented finds include Placenticeras placenta, Menabites (Bererella) walnutensis, Glyptoxoceras aquisgranense, Baculites vaalsensis, Scaphites hippocrepis.

Geologic setting

Formation
Merchantville
Geologic interval
Early Campanian
Age
83.6–72.2 Ma
Depositional environment
coastal indet.
Recorded occurrences
5
Geology notes

ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine siliciclastic setting.

Locality notes

SPECIFIC LOCATION: Tributary ravines of Spring Hill Creek, NW of the Axe Factory-Hedding Road, 1.2 km NE of Hedding, Burlington Co., New Jersey. LAT/LONG: estimated based on Hedding, New Jersey.

Fossils found here

Placenticeras placenta
Cephalopoda · Placenticeratidae
Menabites (Bererella) walnutensis
Cephalopoda · Collignoniceratidae
Glyptoxoceras aquisgranense
Cephalopoda · Diplomoceratidae
Baculites vaalsensis
Cephalopoda · Baculitidae
Scaphites hippocrepis
Cephalopoda · Scaphitidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 82387 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Spring Hill Creek, Hedding [Merchantville Fm]

Can you collect at Spring Hill Creek, Hedding [Merchantville Fm]?

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 Spring Hill Creek, Hedding [Merchantville Fm]?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.