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Miller Bridge Bluff, Pascagoula Formation - Campbell and Otvos (1992)

Greene County, Mississippi
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Miller Bridge Bluff, Pascagoula Formation - Campbell and Otvos (1992)

Miller Bridge Bluff, Pascagoula Formation - Campbell and Otvos (1992) is a fossil collection site in Greene, Mississippi, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Pensacola Formation, dated to the Late Miocene (11.63–5.333 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as paralic indet. Documented finds include Rangia, Ostrea.

Geologic setting

Formation
Pensacola
Geologic interval
Late Miocene
Age
11.63–5.333 Ma
Depositional environment
paralic indet.
Recorded occurrences
2
Geology notes

Estuarine foram and ostracode species present.

Locality notes

At foot of right river bank, downstream of Highway 98, Miller Bridge, Bluff, Chickasawhay River, Green County, southeastern Mississippi (center of south section line, sect. 29, T1N, R7W; Leakesville SW quadrangle. Lat/long estimate based on locality of Miller Bridge

Fossils found here

Rangia
Bivalvia · Mactridae
Ostrea
Bivalvia · Ostreidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 41809 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Miller Bridge Bluff, Pascagoula Formation - Campbell and Otvos (1992)

Can you collect at Miller Bridge Bluff, Pascagoula Formation - Campbell and Otvos (1992)?

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 Miller Bridge Bluff, Pascagoula Formation - Campbell and Otvos (1992)?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.