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Holy Ghost Spring

Sandoval County, New Mexico
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Next site in New MexicoNMMNH L-6501 · 4 mi

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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Holy Ghost Spring

Holy Ghost Spring is a fossil collection site in Sandoval, New Mexico, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Mancos Shale, dated to the Middle Turonian (93.9–89.8 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as shoreface. Documented finds include Prionocyclus hyatti, Coilopoceras springeri, Spathites, Ostrea, Lopha, Inoceramus.

Geologic setting

Formation
Mancos Shale
Geologic interval
Middle Turonian
Age
93.9–89.8 Ma
Depositional environment
shoreface
Recorded occurrences
11
Geology notes

said to be "an elongate sandbar deposited in an offshore, well-agitated, shallow marine environment"

Locality notes

0.8 km north of Holy Ghost Spring

Fossils found here

Prionocyclus hyatti
Cephalopoda · Collignoniceratidae
Coilopoceras springeri
Cephalopoda · Coilopoceratidae
Spathites
Cephalopoda · Acanthoceratidae
Ostrea
Bivalvia · Ostreidae
Lopha
Bivalvia · Ostreidae
Inoceramus
Bivalvia · Inoceramidae
Pinna
Bivalvia · Pinnidae
Turritella
Gastropoda · Turritellidae
Linuparus grimmeri
Malacostraca · Palinuridae
Protocallianassa mortoni
Malacostraca · Callianassidae
Cenomanocarcinus vanstraeleni
Malacostraca · Cenomanocarcinidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 4870 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Holy Ghost Spring

Can you collect at Holy Ghost Spring?

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 Holy Ghost Spring?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.