Exposure in railroad cut near Wortman Iron Bridge over Jonathan Creek
Muskingham County, Ohio39.86667, −82.10000
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Exposure in railroad cut near Wortman Iron Bridge over Jonathan Creek
Exposure in railroad cut near Wortman Iron Bridge over Jonathan Creek is a fossil collection site in Muskingham, Ohio, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Maxville Limestone, dated to the Brigantian to Chesterian (335.9–323.4 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as carbonate indet. Documented finds include Wilkingia maxvillensis, Sanguinolites hekitoensis, Euomphalus planodorsatus, Orthonychia chesterense.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Maxville Limestone
- Geologic interval
- Brigantian to Chesterian
- Age
- 335.9–323.4 Ma
- Depositional environment
- carbonate indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 4
Locality notes
Newton Twp., SE¼, sec. 14, T17N, R15W, Fultonham 7.5 minute quadrangle
Fossils found here
Wilkingia maxvillensis
Bivalvia · Sanguinolitidae
Sanguinolites hekitoensis
Bivalvia · Sanguinolitidae
Euomphalus planodorsatus
Gastropoda · Euomphalidae
Orthonychia chesterense
Gastropoda · Orthonychiidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 85367 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Exposure in railroad cut near Wortman Iron Bridge over Jonathan Creek
Can you collect at Exposure in railroad cut near Wortman Iron Bridge over Jonathan Creek?
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 Exposure in railroad cut near Wortman Iron Bridge over Jonathan Creek?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.