LACMIP 1255, Lee Canyon
Can I collect here?
ProBased on our latest records, with claims updated from the BLM on Oct 15, 2026. Land and claims can change quickly, so check before you go.
Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About LACMIP 1255, Lee Canyon
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Bird Spring
- Geologic interval
- Asselian
- Age
- 298.9–293.52 Ma
- Depositional environment
- shallow subtidal indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 2
paleogeography is interpreted as shallow water near the east side of the mouth of a south-opening coastal sea, bordered on the east by the continent and on the west by the Antler Highland; deposited in clear, shallow, warm marine water of normal salinity and with full access to the open sea
SW1/4, SW1/4, sec. 27, T17S, R57E as shown on the USGS topographic map of Charleston Peak, Nevada, 1957, 15 min., 1:62,500 and continues across strike, with some offsets to stay on ridge crests, through sec. 28 and the east 1/2, sec. 20, passing through VABM 6496 and ending with prominent fault in the saddle of the NE1/4, NE1/4, sec. 20.
Fossils found here
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 61675 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about LACMIP 1255, Lee Canyon
Can you collect at LACMIP 1255, Lee Canyon?
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 LACMIP 1255, Lee Canyon?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.