Hoc-3. Abandoned strip mine at NE corner of road junction at elevation 1014, E of Ohio Hy. 93, northeast of Baltic, Auburn Tp.
Holmes County, Ohio40.44444, −81.70000
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Hoc-3. Abandoned strip mine at NE corner of road junction at elevation 1014, E of Ohio Hy. 93, northeast of Baltic, Auburn Tp.
Hoc-3. Abandoned strip mine at NE corner of road junction at elevation 1014, E of Ohio Hy. 93, northeast of Baltic, Auburn Tp. is a fossil collection site in Holmes, Ohio, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Putnam Hill Formation, dated to the Desmoinesian (312.8–306 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Glaphurochiton carbonarius.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Putnam Hill
- Geologic interval
- Desmoinesian
- Age
- 312.8–306 Ma
- Depositional environment
- marine indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 1
Locality notes
NE¼ NE¼ sec. 25, T. 8 N., R. 4 W., Baltic Quadrangle
Fossils found here
Glaphurochiton carbonarius
Polyplacophora · Lepidopleuridae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 79327 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Hoc-3. Abandoned strip mine at NE corner of road junction at elevation 1014, E of Ohio Hy. 93, northeast of Baltic, Auburn Tp.
Can you collect at Hoc-3. Abandoned strip mine at NE corner of road junction at elevation 1014, E of Ohio Hy. 93, northeast of Baltic, Auburn Tp.?
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 Hoc-3. Abandoned strip mine at NE corner of road junction at elevation 1014, E of Ohio Hy. 93, northeast of Baltic, Auburn Tp.?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.