R.E. King 232, Leonard Mountain, Glass Mountains
Brewster County, Texas30.32500, −103.23800
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About R.E. King 232, Leonard Mountain, Glass Mountains
R.E. King 232, Leonard Mountain, Glass Mountains is a fossil collection site in Brewster, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Cathedral Mountain Formation, dated to the Kungurian (283.3–274.4 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Acosarina mesoplatys, Enteletes plummeri, Meekella attenuata, Institella leonardensis, Rugatia occidentalis, Xestosia schucherti.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Cathedral Mountain
- Geologic interval
- Kungurian
- Age
- 283.3–274.4 Ma
- Depositional environment
- marine indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 16
Locality notes
S face of mountain, 0.25 mile N 65° W of bench mark 5860 on Leonard Mountain, Hess Canyon quadrangle
Fossils found here
Acosarina mesoplatys
Rhynchonellata · Schizophoriidae
Enteletes plummeri
Rhynchonellata · Enteletidae
Meekella attenuata
Strophomenata · Meekellidae
Institella leonardensis
Strophomenata · Aulostegidae
Rugatia occidentalis
Strophomenata · Productellidae
Xestosia schucherti
Strophomenata · Productellidae
Megousia waageniana
Strophomenata · Linoproductidae
Marginifera
Strophomenata · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Spyridiophora reticulata
Strophomenata · Productellidae
Agelesia triagonalis
Strophomenata · Aulostegidae
Hercosia uddeni
Strophomenata · Hercosiidae
Richthofenioidea
Strophomenata
Phricodothyris guadalupensis
Rhynchonellata · Elythidae
Martinia rhomboidalis
Rhynchonellata · Martiniidae
Hustedia
Rhynchonellata · Neoretziidae
Composita subtilita
Rhynchonellata · Athyrididae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 149785 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about R.E. King 232, Leonard Mountain, Glass Mountains
Can you collect at R.E. King 232, Leonard Mountain, 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 232, Leonard Mountain, Glass Mountains?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.