Hs-3. Slump behind the county garage., 0.8 kilometers south of Union Furnace Post Office.
Hocking County, Ohio39.40000, −82.36667
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Hs-3. Slump behind the county garage., 0.8 kilometers south of Union Furnace Post Office.
Hs-3. Slump behind the county garage., 0.8 kilometers south of Union Furnace Post Office. is a fossil collection site in Hocking, Ohio, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Pottsville Formation, dated to the Atokan (318.6–312.8 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as coastal indet. Documented finds include Sevillia, Sevillia trinucleata, Promytilus pottsvillensis.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Pottsville
- Geologic interval
- Atokan
- Age
- 318.6–312.8 Ma
- Depositional environment
- coastal indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 3
Locality notes
NW¼ SW¼ Sec. 23. Starr Township , Union Furnace area in Starr Township
Fossils found here
Sevillia
Trilobita · Phillipsiidae
Sevillia trinucleata
Trilobita · Phillipsiidae
Promytilus pottsvillensis
Bivalvia · Mytilidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 71961 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Hs-3. Slump behind the county garage., 0.8 kilometers south of Union Furnace Post Office.
Can you collect at Hs-3. Slump behind the county garage., 0.8 kilometers south of Union Furnace Post Office.?
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 Hs-3. Slump behind the county garage., 0.8 kilometers south of Union Furnace Post Office.?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.