Healey Creek Exposure, near bridge on Boston Rd, 2.6 km east of Bennetts Corners
Medina County, Ohio41.27639, −81.75417
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Healey Creek Exposure, near bridge on Boston Rd, 2.6 km east of Bennetts Corners
Healey Creek Exposure, near bridge on Boston Rd, 2.6 km east of Bennetts Corners is a fossil collection site in Medina, Ohio, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Cuyahoga Formation, dated to the Kinderhookian (358.86–351.9 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as carbonate indet. Documented finds include Aphelakardia alternistriata.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Cuyahoga
- Geologic interval
- Kinderhookian
- Age
- 358.86–351.9 Ma
- Depositional environment
- carbonate indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 1
Geology notes
See Szmuc 1957
Locality notes
Hinkley Township, T4N, R13W, Berea 7½' quadrangle
Fossils found here
Aphelakardia alternistriata
Rostroconchia · Conocardiidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 93068 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Healey Creek Exposure, near bridge on Boston Rd, 2.6 km east of Bennetts Corners
Can you collect at Healey Creek Exposure, near bridge on Boston Rd, 2.6 km east of Bennetts Corners?
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 Healey Creek Exposure, near bridge on Boston Rd, 2.6 km east of Bennetts Corners?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.