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CAS 465, Texas Springs

California
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About CAS 465, Texas Springs

CAS 465, Texas Springs is a fossil collection site in California, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Budden Canyon Formation, dated to the Turonian (93.9–89.8 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) texanum, Beudanticeras haydeni, Tetrahoplitoides stantoni, Cyclothyris densleonis, Neohibolites fontinalis, Collignoniceras woollgari.

Geologic setting

Formation
Budden Canyon
Geologic interval
Turonian
Age
93.9–89.8 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
6
Locality notes

Texas Springs, 3 miles east of old Horsetown

Fossils found here

Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) texanum
Cephalopoda · Tetragonitidae
Beudanticeras haydeni
Cephalopoda · Beudanticeratidae
Tetrahoplitoides stantoni
Cephalopoda · Cleoniceratidae
Cyclothyris densleonis
Rhynchonellata · Cyclothyrididae
Neohibolites fontinalis
Cephalopoda · Belemnopseidae
Collignoniceras woollgari
Cephalopoda · Collignoniceratidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 158089 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at CAS 465, Texas Springs?

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 CAS 465, Texas Springs?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.