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USGS 1499 CO, Belted Peak area

Nye County, Nevada
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About USGS 1499 CO, Belted Peak area

USGS 1499 CO, Belted Peak area is a fossil collection site in Nye, Nevada, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Copenhagen? Formation, dated to the Mohawkian (457.3–451 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as carbonate indet. Documented finds include Multicostella, Valcourea, Sowerbyella, Anataphrus spurius, Belodina ornata, Distacodus.

Geologic setting

Formation
Copenhagen?
Geologic interval
Mohawkian
Age
457.3–451 Ma
Depositional environment
carbonate indet.
Recorded occurrences
16
Locality notes

West side of hill 7089, 2.85 miles SW of Belted Peak (Nev. coordinates, central zone: E. 659,650 ft, N. 1,017,300 ft).

Fossils found here

Multicostella
Rhynchonellata · Plaesiomyidae
Valcourea
Rhynchonellata · Plaesiomyidae
Sowerbyella
Strophomenata · Sowerbyellidae
Anataphrus spurius
Trilobita · Asaphidae
Belodina ornata
Conodonta · Panderodontidae
Distacodus
Cyclostomi · Distacodidae
Drepanodus
Conodonta · Protopanderodontidae
Phragmodus undatus
Conodonta · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Prioniodina
Conodonta · Prioniodinidae
Trichonodella
Conodonta · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Zygognathus
Conodonta · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Trepostomata
Stenolaemata

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 105569 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about USGS 1499 CO, Belted Peak area

Can you collect at USGS 1499 CO, Belted Peak area?

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 USGS 1499 CO, Belted Peak area?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 35 g stony meteorite was found at Last Stand Lake 007 in 2011, 29 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.