Bed 5 Plum Creek, 1.25 miles east of Deep Cut, 2 miles northeast of Prout Statio
Erie County, Ohio40.65167, −84.34139
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Bed 5 Plum Creek, 1.25 miles east of Deep Cut, 2 miles northeast of Prout Statio
Bed 5 Plum Creek, 1.25 miles east of Deep Cut, 2 miles northeast of Prout Statio is a fossil collection site in Erie, Ohio, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Plum Brook Shale, dated to the Givetian (387.95–382.31 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Phragmosphaera lyra, Calvibembexia sulcomarginata, Denayella rotalia.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Plum Brook Shale
- Geologic interval
- Givetian
- Age
- 387.95–382.31 Ma
- Depositional environment
- marine indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 3
Fossils found here
Phragmosphaera lyra
Gastropoda · Pterothecidae
Calvibembexia sulcomarginata
Gastropoda · Gosseletinidae
Denayella rotalia
Gastropoda · Eotomariidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 154691 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Bed 5 Plum Creek, 1.25 miles east of Deep Cut, 2 miles northeast of Prout Statio
Can you collect at Bed 5 Plum Creek, 1.25 miles east of Deep Cut, 2 miles northeast of Prout Statio?
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 5 Plum Creek, 1.25 miles east of Deep Cut, 2 miles northeast of Prout Statio?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.