UT 86-T-2-14G. 2.5 miles southeast of Willow City
Gillespie County, Texas30.37500, −98.67222
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About UT 86-T-2-14G. 2.5 miles southeast of Willow City
UT 86-T-2-14G. 2.5 miles southeast of Willow City is a fossil collection site in Gillespie, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Wilberns Formation, dated to the Trempealeauan (490.2–486.85 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as carbonate indet. Documented finds include Anconochilus barnesi.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Wilberns
- Geologic interval
- Trempealeauan
- Age
- 490.2–486.85 Ma
- Depositional environment
- carbonate indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 1
Fossils found here
Anconochilus barnesi
Helcionelloida · Coreospiridae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 156381 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about UT 86-T-2-14G. 2.5 miles southeast of Willow City
Can you collect at UT 86-T-2-14G. 2.5 miles southeast of Willow City?
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 UT 86-T-2-14G. 2.5 miles southeast of Willow City?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.