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Del Norte

Brewster County, Texas
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Next site in TexasUSNM700l, Dugout Mountain, Glass Mountains · 3 mi

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Based on our latest records, with claims updated from the BLM on Oct 9, 2026. Land and claims can change quickly, so check before you go.

Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

3 miUSNM700l, Dugout Mountain, Glass MountainsFossil3 miUSNM700n, Dugout MountainFossil3 miUSNM700x, Dugout Mountain, Glass MountainsFossil

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About Del Norte

Del Norte is a fossil collection site in Brewster, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Road Canyon Formation, dated to the Artinskian to Ufimian (290.1–274.4 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as deltaic indet. Documented finds include Delnortea abbottiae, Taeniopteris, Dadoxylon, Pecopteris, Samaropsis.

Geologic setting

Formation
Road Canyon
Geologic interval
Artinskian to Ufimian
Age
290.1–274.4 Ma
Depositional environment
deltaic indet.
Recorded occurrences
5
Locality notes

1.7 km south of Bird Mountain, Southeast of Alpine

Fossils found here

Delnortea abbottiae
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Taeniopteris
Cycadopsida · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Dadoxylon
Equisetopsida · Araucariaceae
Pecopteris
Pteropsida · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Samaropsis
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 11144 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Del Norte?

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 Del Norte?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 70 kg stony meteorite fell at Peña Blanca Spring in 1946, 22 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.