Summerville Barrier, Berkeley 45 drill hole (Waccamaw Fm)
Richland County, South Carolina34.20917, −81.30944
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Summerville Barrier, Berkeley 45 drill hole (Waccamaw Fm)
Summerville Barrier, Berkeley 45 drill hole (Waccamaw Fm) is a fossil collection site in Richland, South Carolina, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Waccamaw Formation, dated to the Early Pleistocene (2.58–0.774 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as coastal indet. Documented finds include Anadara (Larkinia) transversa, Carditamera arata, Pleuromeris tridentata, Caryocorbula caribaea, Caryocorbula contracta, Chama.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Waccamaw
- Geologic interval
- Early Pleistocene
- Age
- 2.58–0.774 Ma
- Depositional environment
- coastal indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 59
Geology notes
No environmental information reported.
Locality notes
Summerville Barrier, Berkeley 45 drill hole, Chaplin quadrangle map, Richland County, South Carolina. Lat/long estimate based on Summerville (presumably Richland County), South Carolina
Fossils found here
Anadara (Larkinia) transversa
Bivalvia · Arcidae
Carditamera arata
Bivalvia · Carditidae
Pleuromeris tridentata
Bivalvia · Carditidae
Caryocorbula caribaea
Bivalvia · Corbulidae
Caryocorbula contracta
Bivalvia · Corbulidae
Chama
Bivalvia · Chamidae
Crassinella
Bivalvia · Crassatellidae
Crassinella lunulata
Bivalvia · Crassatellidae
Crassostrea virginica
Bivalvia · Ostreidae
Dinocardium robustum
Bivalvia · Cardiidae
Diplodonta acclinis
Bivalvia · Ungulinidae
Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans
Bivalvia · Veneridae
Ensis directus
Bivalvia · Pharidae
Ervilia
Bivalvia · Semelidae
Gemma magna
Bivalvia · Veneridae
Tucetona pectinata
Bivalvia · Glycymerididae
Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa
Bivalvia · Veneridae
Nucula (Nucula) proxima
Bivalvia · Nuculidae
Nuculana acuta
Bivalvia · Nuculanidae
Conradostrea sculpturata
Bivalvia · Ostreidae
Pandora (Pandora) trilineata
Bivalvia · Pandoridae
Stewartia anodonta
Bivalvia · Lucinidae
Parvilucina multistriata
Bivalvia · Lucinidae
Bellucina waccamawensis
Bivalvia · Lucinidae
Pitar morrhuanus
Bivalvia · Veneridae
Pycnodonte
Bivalvia · Gryphaeidae
Rangia
Bivalvia · Mactridae
Spisula (Hemimactra) solidissima
Bivalvia · Mactridae
Angulus texanus
Bivalvia · Tellinidae
Trachycardium
Bivalvia · Cardiidae
Yoldia laevis
Bivalvia · Yoldiidae
Busycon
Gastropoda · Busyconidae
Caecum imbricatum
Gastropoda · Caecidae
Costoanachis avara
Gastropoda · Columbellidae
Conus jaspideus
Gastropoda · Conidae
Crepidula fornicata
Gastropoda · Calyptraeidae
Crepidula plana
Gastropoda · Calyptraeidae
Diodora cayenensis
Gastropoda · Fissurellidae
Epitonium
Gastropoda · Epitoniidae
Epitonium rupicola
Gastropoda · Epitoniidae
Mitrella
Gastropoda · Columbellidae
Nassarius
Gastropoda · Nassariidae
Oliva (Ispidula) sayana
Gastropoda · Olividae
Olivella minuta
Gastropoda · Olividae
Neverita duplicatus
Gastropoda · Naticidae
Prunum
Gastropoda · Marginellidae
Acteocina canaliculata
Gastropoda · Cylichnidae
Tectonatica pusilla
Gastropoda · Naticidae
Showing 48 of 57 identified taxa.
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 60944 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Summerville Barrier, Berkeley 45 drill hole (Waccamaw Fm)
Can you collect at Summerville Barrier, Berkeley 45 drill hole (Waccamaw Fm)?
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 Summerville Barrier, Berkeley 45 drill hole (Waccamaw Fm)?
Fossil.
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