Crescent City is a fossil collection site in Del Norte, California, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the St. George Formation, dated to the Messinian (7.246–5.333 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Odobenidae.

Geologic setting

Formation: St. George
Geologic interval: Messinian
Age: 7.246–5.333 Ma
Depositional environment: marine indet.
Recorded occurrences: 1

Locality notes

coordinates are for the city

Fossils found here

Odobenidae

Mammalia · Odobenidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 75483 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Crescent City

Can you collect at Crescent City?

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 Crescent City?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.