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Pmc-4. Logan Clay Products pit, approximately 8 kilometers northeast of Logan

Perry County, Ohio
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Next site in OhioLittle Monday Creek tributary, near 0hio Rt. 668, 0.8 km N Maxville. · 0.8 mi

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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Pmc-4. Logan Clay Products pit, approximately 8 kilometers northeast of Logan

Pmc-4. Logan Clay Products pit, approximately 8 kilometers northeast of Logan is a fossil collection site in Perry, 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 shallow subtidal indet. Documented finds include Ditomopyge scitula, Pseudozygopleura palus.

Geologic setting

Formation
Putnam Hill
Geologic interval
Desmoinesian
Age
312.8–306 Ma
Depositional environment
shallow subtidal indet.
Recorded occurrences
2
Locality notes

Monday Creek Township. E central, Sec. 19, Gore 7½ Quadrangle.

Fossils found here

Ditomopyge scitula
Trilobita · Phillipsiidae
Pseudozygopleura palus
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 71997 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Pmc-4. Logan Clay Products pit, approximately 8 kilometers northeast of Logan

Can you collect at Pmc-4. Logan Clay Products pit, approximately 8 kilometers northeast of Logan?

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 Pmc-4. Logan Clay Products pit, approximately 8 kilometers northeast of Logan?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 227 g stony meteorite was found at Tarlton in 1967, 21 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.