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Locality 1, Big Hollow Creek, Peppermill Gulf bed, Centerfield Member, Ludlowvil

Seneca County, New York
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Locality 1, Big Hollow Creek, Peppermill Gulf bed, Centerfield Member, Ludlowvil

Locality 1, Big Hollow Creek, Peppermill Gulf bed, Centerfield Member, Ludlowvil is a fossil collection site in Seneca, New York, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Ludlowville Formation, dated to the Givetian (387.95–382.31 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as offshore and the tectonic setting is foreland basin. Documented finds include Ambocoelia, Chonetoidea, Cyrtina, Brachiopoda, Nuculoidea, Bivalvia.

Geologic setting

Formation
Ludlowville
Geologic interval
Givetian
Age
387.95–382.31 Ma
Depositional environment
offshore
Tectonic setting
foreland basin
Recorded occurrences
8
Locality notes

Ovid 7 1/2 minute quad--approximately 0.2 miles (0.3 km) north of Swick Road, west side of Cayuga Lake; coordinates based on the location of the Elm Beach on the west side of Lake Cayuga (very long in N-S direction) because it is roughly due E of Hayt Corners (Ovid Quad). Swick Rd could not be located.

Fossils found here

Ambocoelia
Rhynchonellata · Ambocoeliidae
Chonetoidea
Strophomenata
Cyrtina
Rhynchonellata · Cyrtinidae
Brachiopoda
Brachiopoda
Nuculoidea
Bivalvia · Nuculidae
Bivalvia
Bivalvia
Phacops
Trilobita · Phacopidae
Bryozoa
Bryozoa

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 9367 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Locality 1, Big Hollow Creek, Peppermill Gulf bed, Centerfield Member, Ludlowvil

Can you collect at Locality 1, Big Hollow Creek, Peppermill Gulf bed, Centerfield Member, Ludlowvil?

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 Locality 1, Big Hollow Creek, Peppermill Gulf bed, Centerfield Member, Ludlowvil?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 4 kg iron meteorite was found at Seneca Falls in 1850, 15 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.