Vr-2. Abandoned strip mine on N side of US 50, ~6.7 kilometers northeast of McArthur
Vinton County, Ohio39.23333, −82.58334
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Vr-2. Abandoned strip mine on N side of US 50, ~6.7 kilometers northeast of McArthur
Vr-2. Abandoned strip mine on N side of US 50, ~6.7 kilometers northeast of McArthur is a fossil collection site in Vinton, Ohio, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Vanport 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, Euconospira turbiniformis, Pseudozygopleura sinuosior, Pseudobigalea crista, Hoarepora missouriensis.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Vanport
- Geologic interval
- Desmoinesian
- Age
- 312.8–306 Ma
- Depositional environment
- shallow subtidal indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 5
Locality notes
abandoned strip mine on opposite sides of U.S. Rte. 50.\r\nW½, Sec. 1, Richland Township. Allenville 7½’
Fossils found here
Ditomopyge scitula
Trilobita · Phillipsiidae
Euconospira turbiniformis
Gastropoda · Eotomariidae
Pseudozygopleura sinuosior
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudobigalea crista
Rostroconchia · Pseudobigaleaidae
Hoarepora missouriensis
Rostroconchia · Bransoniidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 72009 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Vr-2. Abandoned strip mine on N side of US 50, ~6.7 kilometers northeast of McArthur
Can you collect at Vr-2. Abandoned strip mine on N side of US 50, ~6.7 kilometers northeast of McArthur?
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 Vr-2. Abandoned strip mine on N side of US 50, ~6.7 kilometers northeast of McArthur?
Fossil.
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