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PRI 2262

Orangeburg County, South Carolina
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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About PRI 2262

PRI 2262 is a fossil collection site in Orangeburg, South Carolina, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the McBean Formation, dated to the Bartonian (41.03–37.71 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Atrina, Modiolus cawcawensis, Pitar, Solemya, Spisula decisa, Orthoyoldia psammotaea.

Geologic setting

Formation
McBean
Geologic interval
Bartonian
Age
41.03–37.71 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
12
Locality notes

Columbia Road, 5 miles north of Orangeburg. Lat and long for Orangeburg, SC.

Fossils found here

Atrina
Bivalvia · Pinnidae
Modiolus cawcawensis
Bivalvia · Mytilidae
Pitar
Bivalvia · Veneridae
Solemya
Bivalvia · Solemyidae
Spisula decisa
Bivalvia · Mactridae
Orthoyoldia psammotaea
Bivalvia · Nuculanidae
Eosurcula
Gastropoda · Turridae
Raphitoma
Gastropoda · Raphitomidae
Scobinella
Gastropoda · Turridae
Nucula ripae
Bivalvia · Nuculidae
Solemya alabamensis
Bivalvia · Solemyidae
Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis
Bivalvia · Corbulidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 91118 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at PRI 2262?

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 PRI 2262?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 14.6 kg iron meteorite was found at Cordova in 1970, 5 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.