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USGS Loc. 7165 - Salt Creek [Chickasawhay Lmst]

Clarke County, Alabama
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

7 miSalt Mountain [Salt Mountain Lmst]Fossil9 miMGS 77Fossil10 miM 649Fossil

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About USGS Loc. 7165 - Salt Creek [Chickasawhay Lmst]

USGS Loc. 7165 - Salt Creek [Chickasawhay Lmst] is a fossil collection site in Clarke, Alabama, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Chickasawhay Formation, dated to the Late Oligocene (27.3–23.04 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Echinolampas aldrichi, Chlamys (Aequipecten) gainestownensis, Miltha hillsboroensis, Trigonostoma.

Geologic setting

Formation
Chickasawhay
Geologic interval
Late Oligocene
Age
27.3–23.04 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
4
Locality notes

SPECIFIC LOCALITY: Bluff E of Jackson-Rockville Rd, 200 yards N of Salt Creek, Clarke Co., Alabama. LAT/LONG: estimate based on Salt Creek, Alabama.

Fossils found here

Echinolampas aldrichi
Echinoidea · Echinolampadidae
Chlamys (Aequipecten) gainestownensis
Bivalvia · Pectinidae
Miltha hillsboroensis
Bivalvia · Lucinidae
Trigonostoma
Gastropoda · Cancellariidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 155954 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about USGS Loc. 7165 - Salt Creek [Chickasawhay Lmst]

Can you collect at USGS Loc. 7165 - Salt Creek [Chickasawhay Lmst]?

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 Loc. 7165 - Salt Creek [Chickasawhay Lmst]?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 20 kg iron meteorite was found at Lime Creek in 1834, 23 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.