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Klotz Quarry Cave

Giles County, Virginia
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Klotz Quarry Cave

Klotz Quarry Cave is a fossil collection site in Giles, Virginia, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. The depositional environment is recorded as cave. Documented finds include Aves, Sorex, Sorex hoyi, Myotis, Eptesicus, Leporidae.

Geologic setting

Geologic interval
Late Pleistocene
Age
0.129–0.0117 Ma
Depositional environment
cave
Recorded occurrences
15

Fossils found here

Aves
Aves
Sorex
Mammalia · Soricidae
Sorex hoyi
Mammalia · Soricidae
Myotis
Mammalia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Eptesicus
Mammalia · Vespertilionidae
Leporidae
Mammalia · Leporidae
Marmota
Mammalia · Sciuridae
Sciuridae
Mammalia · Sciuridae
Peromyscus
Mammalia · Cricetidae
Clethrionomys gapperi
Mammalia · Cricetidae
Microtus
Mammalia · Cricetidae
Synaptomys
Mammalia · Cricetidae
Canidae
Mammalia · Canidae
Ursidae
Mammalia · Ursidae
Rangifer tarandus
Mammalia · Cervidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 104676 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Klotz Quarry Cave?

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 Klotz Quarry Cave?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 90 g iron meteorite was found at Cranberry Plains in 1852, 8 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.