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GUMO GEO 00033 McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains

Culberson County, Texas
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Next site in TexasRader slide, sample R1A · 4 mi

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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

4 miRader slide, sample R1AFossil6 miUSNM735j, Canyon north of Pine Canyon, Guadalupe MountainsFossil9 miUSGS 3762 green, Guadalupe Point, Guadalupe MountainsFossil

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About GUMO GEO 00033 McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains

GUMO GEO 00033 McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains is a fossil collection site in Culberson, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Bell Canyon Formation, dated to the Capitanian (264.28–259.51 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as slope. Documented finds include Mckittrickella pratti.

Geologic setting

Formation
Bell Canyon
Geologic interval
Capitanian
Age
264.28–259.51 Ma
Depositional environment
slope
Recorded occurrences
1
Geology notes

transported down slope into deep basin

Locality notes

NE of the mouth of McKittrick Canyon, NW part of the W edge of the Independence Spring, Texas Quadrangle

Fossils found here

Mckittrickella pratti
Demospongiae · Sollasellidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 75975 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about GUMO GEO 00033 McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains

Can you collect at GUMO GEO 00033 McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains?

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 GUMO GEO 00033 McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.