USGS 7424 Wortham is a fossil collection site in Freestone, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. The depositional environment is recorded as coastal indet. The collection holds 1 recorded fossil occurrence.

Geologic setting

Geologic interval: Danian
Age: 66–61.66 Ma
Depositional environment: coastal indet.
Recorded occurrences: 1

Locality notes

city well at Wortham

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 122649 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at USGS 7424 Wortham?

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 USGS 7424 Wortham?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 50.6 kg iron meteorite was found at Richland in 1951, 9 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.