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Mark Clark Expressway at Attaway Street

Charleston County, South Carolina
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Next site in South CarolinaCharleston International Airport drainage ditch · 3 mi

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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Mark Clark Expressway at Attaway Street

Mark Clark Expressway at Attaway Street is a fossil collection site in Charleston, South Carolina, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Chandler Bridge Formation, dated to the Chattian (27.3–23.04 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marginal marine indet. Documented finds include Metaxytherium albifontanum, Procolpochelys charlestonensis.

Geologic setting

Formation
Chandler Bridge
Geologic interval
Chattian
Age
27.3–23.04 Ma
Depositional environment
marginal marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
2
Locality notes

exposed during excavation for a pillar of the Mark Clark Expressway, between Attaway Street and the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, Charleston County, South Car- olina, U.S.A.

Fossils found here

Metaxytherium albifontanum
Mammalia · Dugongidae
Procolpochelys charlestonensis
Reptilia · Cheloniidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 152597 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Mark Clark Expressway at Attaway Street?

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 Mark Clark Expressway at Attaway Street?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.