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Central Butte Mountains CBM3-2

White Pine County, Nevada
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Central Butte Mountains CBM3-2

Central Butte Mountains CBM3-2 is a fossil collection site in White Pine, Nevada, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Gerster Formation, dated to the Wuchiapingian (259.51–254.14 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Ctenalosia fixata, Grandaurispina, Xestotrema pulchrum.

Geologic setting

Formation
Gerster
Geologic interval
Wuchiapingian
Age
259.51–254.14 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
3
Locality notes

No locality info given; coordinates centred on Middle Permian outcrop in central Butte Mountains

Fossils found here

Ctenalosia fixata
Strophomenata · Aulostegidae
Grandaurispina
Strophomenata · Linoproductidae
Xestotrema pulchrum
Rhynchonellata · Pennospiriferinidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 39742 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Central Butte Mountains CBM3-2?

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 Central Butte Mountains CBM3-2?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.