Cass City is a fossil collection site in Tuscola, Michigan, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. The depositional environment is recorded as glacial. Documented finds include Mammut americanum.

Geologic setting

Geologic interval: Late Pleistocene
Age: 0.129–0.0117 Ma
Depositional environment: glacial
Recorded occurrences: 1

Locality notes

Sec. 21 T13N R11E

Fossils found here

Mammut americanum

Mammalia · Mammutidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 63652 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Cass City

Can you collect at Cass City?

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 Cass City?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.