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UCR 6602

Los Angeles County, California
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About UCR 6602

UCR 6602 is a fossil collection site in Los Angeles, California, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Santa Susana Formation, dated to the Selandian (61.66–59.24 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as coastal indet. Documented finds include Fulgoraria (Psephaea) zinsmeisteri, Flabellum cuneiforme, Kingena simiensis, Amaea (Undiscala), Amauropsis martinezensis, Macrocallista furlongi.

Geologic setting

Formation
Santa Susana
Geologic interval
Selandian
Age
61.66–59.24 Ma
Depositional environment
coastal indet.
Altitude
375 meters
Recorded occurrences
8
Geology notes

"shallow water marine"

Locality notes

""on top of the ridge between Runkle and Meier Canyons, on the north slope of the Simi Hills, Ventura County California; 216 m east and 150 m south of the southwest corner of sec. 13, T. 2 N., R. 17 W." (apparently actually in Los Angeles County)

Fossils found here

Fulgoraria (Psephaea) zinsmeisteri
Gastropoda · Volutidae
Flabellum cuneiforme
Anthozoa · Flabellidae
Kingena simiensis
Rhynchonellata · Kingenidae
Amaea (Undiscala)
Gastropoda · Epitoniidae
Amauropsis martinezensis
Gastropoda · Naticidae
Macrocallista furlongi
Bivalvia · Veneridae
Pholadomya
Bivalvia · Pholadomyidae
Dentalium cooperi
Scaphopoda · Dentaliidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 90071 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at UCR 6602?

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 UCR 6602?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.