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Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro

California
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Next site in CaliforniaCIT Loc. 264 · 1 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.

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About Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro

Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro is a fossil collection site in California, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Monterey Formation, dated to the Middle Miocene (15.98–11.63 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as slope. Documented finds include Pseudofossil.

Geologic setting

Formation
Monterey
Geologic interval
Middle Miocene
Age
15.98–11.63 Ma
Depositional environment
slope
Recorded occurrences
1
Locality notes

A piece of shale lying on Cabrillo Beach shore at San Pedro. The shale is probably of local origin, for a bank of diatomaceous shale above where it was found contains many rocks of this type imbedded at various levels.

Fossils found here

Pseudofossil

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 152193 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro

Can you collect at Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro?

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 Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.