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Bed VI 2, Quarry by railroad track, Fort Hunter hamlet, Florida

Montgomery County, New York
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1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Bed VI 2, Quarry by railroad track, Fort Hunter hamlet, Florida

Bed VI 2, Quarry by railroad track, Fort Hunter hamlet, Florida is a fossil collection site in Montgomery, New York, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Tribes Hill Formation, dated to the Gasconadian (486.85–477.1 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as shallow subtidal indet and the tectonic setting is passive margin. Documented finds include Macluritella multiseptarius, Polygyrata hunterensis, Cyrtoceras, Bathyurus ellipticus.

Geologic setting

Formation
Tribes Hill
Geologic interval
Gasconadian
Age
486.85–477.1 Ma
Depositional environment
shallow subtidal indet.
Tectonic setting
passive margin
Recorded occurrences
4
Geology notes

"The Tribes Hill Formation is a deepening-shoaling, unconformity-bounded, carbonate-dominated sequence laid down on a wave dominated shelf (Landing et al., 1996; Landing, 1998)." (Kröger & Landing, 2007)

Fossils found here

Macluritella multiseptarius
Gastropoda · Macluritidae
Polygyrata hunterensis
Gastropoda · Ophiletidae
Cyrtoceras
Cephalopoda · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Bathyurus ellipticus
Trilobita · Bathyuridae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 119376 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Bed VI 2, Quarry by railroad track, Fort Hunter hamlet, Florida

Can you collect at Bed VI 2, Quarry by railroad track, Fort Hunter hamlet, Florida?

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 Bed VI 2, Quarry by railroad track, Fort Hunter hamlet, Florida?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 640 g iron meteorite was found at Lasher Creek in 1948, 13 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.