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Coils Creek Member 2000-13

Eureka County, Nevada
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Coils Creek Member 2000-13

Coils Creek Member 2000-13 is a fossil collection site in Eureka, Nevada, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the McColley Canyon Formation, dated to the Late Emsian (399.5–393.47 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Stummelasma antelopense, Crinoidea.

Geologic setting

Formation
McColley Canyon
Geologic interval
Late Emsian
Age
399.5–393.47 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
2
Locality notes

Bailey Pass Quadrangle

Fossils found here

Stummelasma antelopense
Anthozoa · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Crinoidea
Crinoidea

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 90949 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Coils Creek Member 2000-13?

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 Coils Creek Member 2000-13?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 440 g stony meteorite was found at Diamond Valley in 2001, 12 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.