Highway 35
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 Highway 35
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Yazoo
- Geologic interval
- Priabonian
- Age
- 37.71–33.9 Ma
- Depositional environment
- foreshore
- Recorded occurrences
- 3
The Yazoo Clay Formation exhibits a shallow subtropical inner shelf environment with abundant life evolving into a deeper more clay-dominated middle shelf environment.
roadcut section NW1/4, SW1/4, NE1/4 of Section 4, T6N, R 8E on state highway 35 about 2 miles north of Forest
Fossils found here
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 45635 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Highway 35
Can you collect at Highway 35?
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 Highway 35?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.