Hilton Harbor is a fossil collection site in Beaufort, South Carolina, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. The depositional environment is recorded as terrestrial indet. Documented finds include Mammut americanum.

Geologic setting

Geologic interval: Late Pleistocene
Age: 0.129–0.0117 Ma
Depositional environment: terrestrial indet.
Recorded occurrences: 1

Locality notes

"at the head of Hilton Harbor on St. Helena Island" (coordinate based on Hilton Head Harbor)

Fossils found here

Mammut americanum

Mammalia · Mammutidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 101395 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Hilton Harbor

Can you collect at Hilton Harbor?

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 Hilton Harbor?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.