Pr-1. the abandoned quarry on the east side of U.S. 92, 1.1 km northeast of Dent
Preston County, West Virginia39.30833, −79.85833
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1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Pr-1. the abandoned quarry on the east side of U.S. 92, 1.1 km northeast of Dent
Pr-1. the abandoned quarry on the east side of U.S. 92, 1.1 km northeast of Dent is a fossil collection site in Preston, West Virginia, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Glenshaw Formation, dated to the Virgilian (303.7–298.9 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as shallow subtidal indet. Documented finds include Unklesbayella geinitzi, Plocezyga acuminata, Plocezyga obscura, Plocezyga subquadrata, Plocezyga turbinata, Hyphantozyga fenestrata.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Glenshaw
- Geologic interval
- Virgilian
- Age
- 303.7–298.9 Ma
- Depositional environment
- shallow subtidal indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 13
Locality notes
Fellowship 7½’ Quadrangle
Fossils found here
Unklesbayella geinitzi
Bivalvia · Megadesmidae
Plocezyga acuminata
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Plocezyga obscura
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Plocezyga subquadrata
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Plocezyga turbinata
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Hyphantozyga fenestrata
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Leptozyga venustus
Gastropoda · Orthonemidae
Pseudozygopleura pandus
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura multicostata
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Levizygopleura inornata
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura schucherti
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura scitula
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleura tenuivirga
Gastropoda · Pseudozygopleuridae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 79391 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Pr-1. the abandoned quarry on the east side of U.S. 92, 1.1 km northeast of Dent
Can you collect at Pr-1. the abandoned quarry on the east side of U.S. 92, 1.1 km northeast of Dent?
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 Pr-1. the abandoned quarry on the east side of U.S. 92, 1.1 km northeast of Dent?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.