USGS Mesozoic 29584, Fisher Brick Company clay pit
Middlesex County, New Jersey40.46800, −74.35700
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About USGS Mesozoic 29584, Fisher Brick Company clay pit
USGS Mesozoic 29584, Fisher Brick Company clay pit is a fossil collection site in Middlesex, New Jersey, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Raritan Formation, dated to the Late Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Metoicoceras bergquisti.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Raritan
- Geologic interval
- Late Cenomanian
- Age
- 100.5–93.9 Ma
- Depositional environment
- marine indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 1
Fossils found here
Metoicoceras bergquisti
Cephalopoda · Acanthoceratidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 167811 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about USGS Mesozoic 29584, Fisher Brick Company clay pit
Can you collect at USGS Mesozoic 29584, Fisher Brick Company clay pit?
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 Mesozoic 29584, Fisher Brick Company clay pit?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.