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Apache Hill, Sierra

New Mexico
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Next site in New MexicoLake Valley · 1 mi

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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Apache Hill, Sierra

Apache Hill, Sierra is a fossil collection site in New Mexico, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Lake Valley Formation, dated to the Osagean (351.9–342.9 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as deep subtidal shelf. Documented finds include Namuropyge, Australosutura llanoensis, Pudoproetus fernglenensis, Piltonia carlakertisae, Breviphillipsia semiteretis, Nunnaspis stitti.

Geologic setting

Formation
Lake Valley
Geologic interval
Osagean
Age
351.9–342.9 Ma
Depositional environment
deep subtidal shelf
Recorded occurrences
13
Geology notes

level-bottom shelf environments that were not associated with Waulsortian buildups

Locality notes

SE slope of Apache Hill, NE 1/4 NW 1/4, Sec. 21, T18S, R7W, near Lake Valley, Sierra County

Fossils found here

Namuropyge
Trilobita · Brachymetopidae
Australosutura llanoensis
Trilobita · Brachymetopidae
Pudoproetus fernglenensis
Trilobita · Proetidae
Piltonia carlakertisae
Trilobita · Phillipsiidae
Breviphillipsia semiteretis
Trilobita · Phillipsiidae
Nunnaspis stitti
Trilobita · Phillipsiidae
Griffithidella doris
Trilobita · Phillipsiidae
Hadroblastus convexus
Blastoidea · Phaenoschismatidae
Monadoblastus granulosus
Blastoidea · Granatocrinidae
Tanaoblastus
Blastoidea · Granatocrinidae
Pentremites
Blastoidea · Pentremitidae
Orophocrinus
Blastoidea · Orophocrinidae
Phaenoblastus
Blastoidea · Phaenoschismatidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 64758 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Apache Hill, Sierra?

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 Apache Hill, Sierra?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 12.9 kg iron meteorite was found at Kingston in 1891, 15 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.