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USGS 6647a - Limestone Creek [Chickasawhay Lmst]

Wanye County, Mississippi
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Next site in MississippiUSGS Loc. 14345 - Sandy Creek [Chickasawhay Lmst] · 2 mi

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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About USGS 6647a - Limestone Creek [Chickasawhay Lmst]

USGS 6647a - Limestone Creek [Chickasawhay Lmst] is a fossil collection site in Wanye, Mississippi, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Chickasawhay Formation, dated to the Rupelian (33.9–27.3 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Clypeaster rogersi, Glycymeris, Anadara macneili, Pteria argentea.

Geologic setting

Formation
Chickasawhay
Geologic interval
Rupelian
Age
33.9–27.3 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
4
Locality notes

SPECIFIC LOCALITY: Chickasawhay River, 1.25 mi. NW of the mouth of Limestone Creek, NW of Waynesboro, and 1.25 mi. SW of Boyce, Wayne Co., Mississippi. LAT/LONG: estimate based on Limestone Creek, Mississippi.

Fossils found here

Clypeaster rogersi
Echinoidea · Clypeasteridae
Glycymeris
Bivalvia · Glycymerididae
Anadara macneili
Bivalvia · Arcidae
Pteria argentea
Bivalvia · Pteriidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 155947 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about USGS 6647a - Limestone Creek [Chickasawhay Lmst]

Can you collect at USGS 6647a - Limestone Creek [Chickasawhay Lmst]?

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 USGS 6647a - Limestone Creek [Chickasawhay Lmst]?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.