Bijou Creek (USG&GS)
Can I collect here?
ProBased on our latest records, with claims updated from the BLM on Oct 9, 2026. Land and claims can change quickly, so check before you go.
Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Bijou Creek (USG&GS)
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Laramie
- Geologic interval
- Late Maastrichtian
- Age
- 72.2–66 Ma
- Depositional environment
- terrestrial indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 6
along Bijou Creek, probably in at least two places, but exact localities unknown; L&W describe the locality as "evidently from the watershed between the South Platte River and Lodge Pole Creek, Colorado"
Fossils found here
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 49524 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Bijou Creek (USG&GS)
Can you collect at Bijou Creek (USG&GS)?
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 Bijou Creek (USG&GS)?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.