Sycamore Creek Valley, 4 1/2 mi SE of Fort Worth and 1/2 mi NE of loc. 209
Tarrant County, Texas32.67472, −97.30444
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Sycamore Creek Valley, 4 1/2 mi SE of Fort Worth and 1/2 mi NE of loc. 209
Sycamore Creek Valley, 4 1/2 mi SE of Fort Worth and 1/2 mi NE of loc. 209 is a fossil collection site in Tarrant, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Pawpaw Formation, dated to the Late Albian (106.3–100.5 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Ophthalmoplax comancheensis.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Pawpaw
- Geologic interval
- Late Albian
- Age
- 106.3–100.5 Ma
- Depositional environment
- marine indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 1
Locality notes
LAT/LONG coordinate based on 1/2 mi NE of loc. 209 (Collection # 141174)
Fossils found here
Ophthalmoplax comancheensis
Malacostraca · Carcinidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 142539 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Sycamore Creek Valley, 4 1/2 mi SE of Fort Worth and 1/2 mi NE of loc. 209
Can you collect at Sycamore Creek Valley, 4 1/2 mi SE of Fort Worth and 1/2 mi NE of loc. 209?
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 Sycamore Creek Valley, 4 1/2 mi SE of Fort Worth and 1/2 mi NE of loc. 209?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.