Coffee Mill Hammock Mbr, Thompson Fm - Palm Beach County
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 Coffee Mill Hammock Mbr, Thompson Fm - Palm Beach County
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Thompson
- Geologic interval
- Late Pleistocene
- Age
- 0.129–0.0117 Ma
- Depositional environment
- lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
- Recorded occurrences
- 3
ENVIRONMENT: "Mangrove islands and extensive turtle grass beds" according to Petuch (2004). Coffee Mill Mbr contains the Chione elevata community (shallow lagoon Thalassia beds) and the Pyrazisinus ultimus community (mangrove forrests and intertidal mud flats). SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY: Acculated during interglacial events. Petuch (2004) states "during sea level highstand", though presumably accumulation may have initiated during preceding transgressive events [enterer].
SPECIFIC LOCATION: Composite collection for taxa described from the Coffee Mill Mbr. Exposed at Lake Worth Road, 1.3 km west of the Florida Turnpike, Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida; also at construction dig along US 441 and Forest Hill Boulevard, Wellington, Palm Beach County, Florida. LAT/LONG: estimated based on Palm Beach County, Florida.
Fossils found here
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 62458 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Coffee Mill Hammock Mbr, Thompson Fm - Palm Beach County
Can you collect at Coffee Mill Hammock Mbr, Thompson Fm - Palm Beach County?
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 Coffee Mill Hammock Mbr, Thompson Fm - Palm Beach County?
Fossil.
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