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Buck's Landing

Mobile County, Alabama
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Next site in Alabamaold Fort St. Stephens blusff on the tombigbee river, Alabama · 10 mi

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Based on our latest records, with claims updated from the BLM on Oct 15, 2026. Land and claims can change quickly, so check before you go.

Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

10 miold Fort St. Stephens blusff on the tombigbee river, AlabamaFossil30 miSalt Mountain [Salt Mountain Lmst]Fossil30 miMGS 77Fossil

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About Buck's Landing

Buck's Landing is a fossil collection site in Mobile, Alabama, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. The depositional environment is recorded as terrestrial indet. Documented finds include Passiflora incarnata.

Geologic setting

Geologic interval
Pleistocene
Age
2.58–0.0117 Ma
Depositional environment
terrestrial indet.
Recorded occurrences
1

Fossils found here

Passiflora incarnata
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Passifloraceae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 239788 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Buck's Landing?

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 Buck's Landing?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.