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Honey Creek

Llano County, Texas
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Next site in TexasUSGS Coll. 11-CO · 11 mi

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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

11 miUSGS Coll. 11-COFossil12 miWalcott Loc. 070. Baldy Mountain near Morgans Creek, 12.8 km northwest of BurnetFossil13 miLoc. 67a. Packsaddle Mountain, 11 miles southeast of LlanoFossil

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About Honey Creek

Honey Creek is a fossil collection site in Llano, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Honeycut Formation, dated to the Jeffersonian (486.85–471.3 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as carbonate indet. Documented finds include Eopteria richardsoni.

Geologic setting

Formation
Honeycut
Geologic interval
Jeffersonian
Age
486.85–471.3 Ma
Depositional environment
carbonate indet.
Recorded occurrences
1

Fossils found here

Eopteria richardsoni
Rostroconchia · Eopteriidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 100294 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Honey Creek?

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 Honey Creek?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 5.9 kg stony meteorite was found at Travis County (b), 22 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.