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LACMIP 41836

Santa Barbara County, California
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About LACMIP 41836

LACMIP 41836 is a fossil collection site in Santa Barbara, California, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Pico Formation, dated to the Zanclean to Gelasian (5.333–1.8 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as deltaic indet. Documented finds include Asperiscala minuticosta, Nassarius (Caesia) grammatus, Calicantharus fortis, Calliostoma annulatum, Calliostoma gemmulatum, Cancellaria arnoldi.

Geologic setting

Formation
Pico
Geologic interval
Zanclean to Gelasian
Age
5.333–1.8 Ma
Depositional environment
deltaic indet.
Recorded occurrences
15

Fossils found here

Asperiscala minuticosta
Gastropoda · Epitoniidae
Nassarius (Caesia) grammatus
Gastropoda · Nassariidae
Calicantharus fortis
Gastropoda · Buccinidae
Calliostoma annulatum
Gastropoda · Trochidae
Calliostoma gemmulatum
Gastropoda · Trochidae
Cancellaria arnoldi
Gastropoda · Cancellariidae
Cancellaria hemphilli
Gastropoda · Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae
Gastropoda · Cancellariidae
Elaeocyma
Gastropoda · Drilliidae
Gastropoda
Gastropoda
Harfordia
Gastropoda · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Lirobittium casmaliense
Gastropoda · Procerithiidae
Megasurcula carpenteriana
Gastropoda · Pseudomelatomidae
Ophiodermella
Gastropoda · Borsoniidae
Pomaulax gibberosa
Gastropoda · Turbinidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 214268 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at LACMIP 41836?

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 LACMIP 41836?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.