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R.E. King 197, Hess Ranch Horst, Glass Mountains

Brewster County, Texas
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Minerals on record here

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Recorded here: fossil.

0.8 miR.E. King 234, Hess Ranch Horst, Glass MountainsFossil0.9 miR.E. King 245, Hill 5726, Hess Ranch Horst, Glass MountainsFossil1 miUSNM716t, Skinner Ranch Formation, Willis Ranch, Glass MountainsFossil

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About R.E. King 197, Hess Ranch Horst, Glass Mountains

R.E. King 197, Hess Ranch Horst, Glass Mountains is a fossil collection site in Brewster, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Lenox Hills Formation, dated to the Artinskian (290.1–283.3 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Orthotichia kozlowskii, Derbyia buchi.

Geologic setting

Formation
Lenox Hills
Geologic interval
Artinskian
Age
290.1–283.3 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
2
Locality notes

0.25 mile N 33° E of hill 5305, 2.03 miles N 26.5° E of Hess Ranch, Hess Ranch Horst, Hess Canyon quadrangle

Fossils found here

Orthotichia kozlowskii
Rhynchonellata · Schizophoriidae
Derbyia buchi
Strophomenata · Derbyiidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 149857 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at R.E. King 197, Hess Ranch Horst, Glass 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 R.E. King 197, Hess Ranch Horst, Glass Mountains?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 70 kg stony meteorite fell at Peña Blanca Spring in 1946, 18 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.