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UCLA loc. 3763

Shasta County, California
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1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About UCLA loc. 3763

UCLA loc. 3763 is a fossil collection site in Shasta, California, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Budden Canyon Formation, dated to the Late Albian to Early Cenomanian (106.3–93.9 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Biplica michaeli, Cantharus occidentalis, Cylichna andersoni, Latiala heliaca, Igonoia stewarti, Paleopsephaea sacramentica.

Geologic setting

Formation
Budden Canyon
Geologic interval
Late Albian to Early Cenomanian
Age
106.3–93.9 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
11
Geology notes

(The samples from this locality come from a congl. ~700' higher above basal congl., according to the strat column). Congl. grain size from fine sand to boulders, avg. 2" diam. Well rounded; matrix med- to coarse-grained graywacke or very sandy mudstone. Majority of cobbles are dark porphyritic volcanics, remainder include metamorphic and granitic rocks, chert, mudstone and limestone. Congl. are sometimes fairly well bedded, esp. near tops, where they almost always grade upward to massive, then finely bedded sandstones.

Fossils found here

Biplica michaeli
Gastropoda · Ringiculidae
Cantharus occidentalis
Gastropoda · Buccinidae
Cylichna andersoni
Gastropoda · Cylichnidae
Latiala heliaca
Gastropoda · Aporrhaidae
Igonoia stewarti
Gastropoda · Turbinidae
Paleopsephaea sacramentica
Gastropoda · Fasciolariidae
Euspira popenoei
Gastropoda · Naticidae
Biplica isoplicata
Gastropoda · Ringiculidae
Ampullina stantoni
Gastropoda · Ampullinidae
Tessarolax trinalis
Gastropoda · Aporrhaidae
Yaadia leana
Bivalvia · Steinmanellidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 1804 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at UCLA loc. 3763?

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 UCLA loc. 3763?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.