97GC6 is a fossil collection site in Tennessee, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Catheys Formation, dated to the Edenian (451–450.2 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as shallow subtidal indet and the tectonic setting is foreland basin. Documented finds include Hebertella, Orthorhynchula, Platystrophia, Rafinesquina, Zygospira.

Geologic setting

Formation: Catheys
Geologic interval: Edenian
Age: 451–450.2 Ma
Depositional environment: shallow subtidal indet.
Tectonic setting: foreland basin
Recorded occurrences: 5

Locality notes

6m up from bottom of measured section

Fossils found here

Hebertella

Rhynchonellata · Plectorthidae

Orthorhynchula

Rhynchonellata · Orthorhynchulidae

Platystrophia

Rhynchonellata · Platystrophiidae

Rafinesquina

Strophomenata · Rafinesquinidae

Zygospira

Rhynchonellata · Anazygidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 1711 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about 97GC6

Can you collect at 97GC6?

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 97GC6?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.