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LACMIP 41844

Santa Barbara County, California
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About LACMIP 41844

LACMIP 41844 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 coastal indet. Documented finds include Alia carinata, Anomia peruviana, Calicantharus fortis, Calliostoma coalingensis, Calyptraea contorta, Crepidula adunca.

Geologic setting

Formation
Pico
Geologic interval
Zanclean to Gelasian
Age
5.333–1.8 Ma
Depositional environment
coastal indet.
Recorded occurrences
23

Fossils found here

Alia carinata
Gastropoda · Columbellidae
Anomia peruviana
Bivalvia · Anomiidae
Calicantharus fortis
Gastropoda · Buccinidae
Calliostoma coalingensis
Gastropoda · Trochidae
Calyptraea contorta
Gastropoda · Calyptraeidae
Crepidula adunca
Gastropoda · Calyptraeidae
Crepidula princeps
Gastropoda · Calyptraeidae
Cryptonatica affinis
Gastropoda · Naticidae
Coanicardita californica
Bivalvia · Carditidae
Euvola
Bivalvia · Pectinidae
Lirobittium casmaliense
Gastropoda · Procerithiidae
Mactromeris hemphillii
Bivalvia · Mactridae
Miodontiscus prolongatus
Bivalvia · Carditidae
Norrisia
Gastropoda · Tegulidae
Nuculana minuta
Bivalvia · Nuculanidae
Nutricola tantilla
Bivalvia · Veneridae
Parvilucina tenuisculpta
Bivalvia · Lucinidae
Patinopecten healeyi
Bivalvia · Pectinidae
Chione (Securella) kanakoffi
Bivalvia · Veneridae
Seila montereyensis
Gastropoda · Cerithiopsidae
Bittium (Stylidium)
Gastropoda · Cerithiidae
Turritella cooperi
Gastropoda · Turritellidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 214270 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at LACMIP 41844?

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 41844?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.