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TAMU Pisgah 1

Falls County, Texas
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Next site in TexasBR-BC · 4 mi

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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

4 miBR-BCFossil10 miUSGS 13849Fossil16 mi146-T-101Fossil

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About TAMU Pisgah 1

TAMU Pisgah 1 is a fossil collection site in Falls, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Kincaid Formation, dated to the Early Paleocene (66–61.66 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Dentalium, Cucullaea, Epilucina, Turritella, Cardium, Gastropoda.

Geologic setting

Formation
Kincaid
Geologic interval
Early Paleocene
Age
66–61.66 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
7
Locality notes

Frost Bluff on Brazos, River, 3/4 mi. S of Falls-Milam Co. Line, TX. The lat and long are for Highbank, Falls County, TX.

Fossils found here

Dentalium
Scaphopoda · Dentaliidae
Cucullaea
Bivalvia · Cucullaeidae
Epilucina
Bivalvia · Lucinidae
Turritella
Gastropoda · Turritellidae
Cardium
Bivalvia · Cardiidae
Gastropoda
Gastropoda
Scleractinia
Anthozoa

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 86274 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at TAMU Pisgah 1?

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 TAMU Pisgah 1?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.