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Pilot Mountains locality DC unit 1

Nevada
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Pilot Mountains locality DC unit 1

Pilot Mountains locality DC unit 1 is a fossil collection site in Nevada, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Luning Formation, dated to the Norian (227.3–205.7 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as shallow subtidal indet. Documented finds include Ostrea, Pectinoidea, Brachiopoda, Thamnasteria, Isocrinus, Porifera.

Geologic setting

Formation
Luning
Geologic interval
Norian
Age
227.3–205.7 Ma
Depositional environment
shallow subtidal indet.
Recorded occurrences
6
Locality notes

Section measured on the north side of Dunlop Canyon Road in the Pilot Mountains. Approximately 5.2 km west of locality MC.

Fossils found here

Ostrea
Bivalvia · Ostreidae
Pectinoidea
Bivalvia
Brachiopoda
Brachiopoda
Thamnasteria
Anthozoa · Thamnasteriidae
Isocrinus
Crinoidea · Isocrinidae
Porifera
Porifera

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 100415 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Pilot Mountains locality DC unit 1?

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 Pilot Mountains locality DC unit 1?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.