Near Hamilton, Nevada is a fossil collection site in White Pine, Nevada, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the White Pine Shale, dated to the Kinderhookian to Osagean (358.86–342.9 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as shallow subtidal indet. Documented finds include Allorhynchus, Cyrtina, Mourlonia, Paraparchites, Euomphalidae, Phillipsia peroccidens.

Geologic setting

Formation: White Pine Shale
Geologic interval: Kinderhookian to Osagean
Age: 358.86–342.9 Ma
Depositional environment: shallow subtidal indet.
Recorded occurrences: 7

Locality notes

4.6 mi SW of Round Spring, N of the ghost town Hamilton, 9 mi SW Moorman Ranch, sec.5 t16n r58e.

Fossils found here

Allorhynchus

Rhynchonellata · Allorhynchidae

Cyrtina

Rhynchonellata · Cyrtinidae

Mourlonia

Gastropoda · Gosseletinidae

Paraparchites

Ostracoda · Paraparchitidae

Euomphalidae

Gastropoda · Euomphalidae

Phillipsia peroccidens

Trilobita · Phillipsiidae

Orthonychia

Gastropoda · Orthonychiidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 5751 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Near Hamilton, Nevada

Can you collect at Near Hamilton, 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 Near Hamilton, Nevada?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.