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Cache Creek, NSF 878

Tehama County, California
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Cache Creek, NSF 878

Cache Creek, NSF 878 is a fossil collection site in Tehama, California, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. The depositional environment is recorded as basinal (siliciclastic) and the tectonic setting is deep ocean basin. Documented finds include Orbiculiforma, Quinquecapsularia, Archaeodictyomitra, Petasiforma foremanae, Petasiforma, Microsciadiocapsa.

Geologic setting

Geologic interval
Late Albian
Age
106.3–100.5 Ma
Depositional environment
basinal (siliciclastic)
Tectonic setting
deep ocean basin
Recorded occurrences
7

Fossils found here

Orbiculiforma
Polycystinea · Orbiculiformidae
Quinquecapsularia
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Quinquecapsulariidae
Archaeodictyomitra
Polycystinea · Archaeodictyomitridae
Petasiforma foremanae
Polycystinea · Neosciadiocapsidae
Petasiforma
Polycystinea · Neosciadiocapsidae
Microsciadiocapsa
Polycystinea · Neosciadiocapsidae
Pseudodictyomitra
Polycystinea · Pseudodictyomitridae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 54073 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Cache Creek, NSF 878?

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 Cache Creek, NSF 878?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.