Mississippian, upper Chesterian Fossils, Ely Basin, Nevada is a fossil collection site in Nevada, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Documented finds include Stenoglaphyrites merriami, Cravenoceras, Eosyngastrioceras hesperium, Eumorphoceras bisulcatum, Dimorphoceras, Rayonnoceras.

Geologic setting

Geologic interval: Chesterian
Age: 335.4–323.4 Ma
Recorded occurrences: 6

Locality notes

The Ely Basin developed in the central part of the Cordilleran miogeosyncline in eastern Nevada and western Utah. There were five localities studied for this paper. Locality 1: Illipah (Moorman Ranch). Composite section-lower part in sec. 32, T.17N.,R.58E., west flank of Mokomoke Mnts.; upper part in secs. 12, 13, T.17N.,R.58E. and sec.7,T.17N.,R.59E., along U.S. 50 and Moorman Ridge. White Pine County, Nevada. Locality 2: Ward Mountain. SW.cor.T.15N., R.63E., west flank of Warf Mnt., Egan Ridge, White Pine County, Nevada. Locality 3: Burbank Hills, SE.cor. T.22S., and NE.cor.T.23S., R.18W., Burbank Hills, Millard County, Utah. Locality 4: Sunnyside. East-cantral part of T.8N., R.62E., 1/4 mile north of Shingle Pass, southern Eagan Range, Lincoln, County, Nevada. Locality 5: Arrow Canyon. Sec 12, T.13S., R.64E., Arrow Canyon Range, CLark County, Nevada.

Fossils found here

Stenoglaphyrites merriami

Cephalopoda · Glaphyritidae

Cravenoceras

Cephalopoda · Cravenoceratidae

Eosyngastrioceras hesperium

Cephalopoda · Glaphyritidae

Eumorphoceras bisulcatum

Cephalopoda · Girtyoceratidae

Dimorphoceras

Cephalopoda · Dimorphoceratidae

Rayonnoceras

Cephalopoda · Carbactinoceratidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 12781 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Mississippian, upper Chesterian Fossils, Ely Basin, Nevada

Can you collect at Mississippian, upper Chesterian Fossils, Ely Basin, Nevada?

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 Mississippian, upper Chesterian Fossils, Ely Basin, Nevada?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.