Cashua Road is a fossil collection site in South Carolina, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Black Creek Formation, dated to the Campanian (83.6–72.2 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as terrestrial indet. Documented finds include Hedera, Laurophyllum nervillosum, Magnolia newberryi, Myrica elegans, Proteoides lancifolius, Rhus darlingtonensis.

Geologic setting

Formation: Black Creek
Geologic interval: Campanian
Age: 83.6–72.2 Ma
Depositional environment: terrestrial indet.
Recorded occurrences: 7

Locality notes

Cashua Road, northeast of Darlington

Fossils found here

Hedera

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Araliaceae

Laurophyllum nervillosum

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Lauraceae

Magnolia newberryi

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Magnoliaceae

Myrica elegans

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Myricaceae

Proteoides lancifolius

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Proteaceae

Rhus darlingtonensis

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Anacardiaceae

Salix lesquereuxii

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · Salicaceae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 212236 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Cashua Road?

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 Cashua Road?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.