Elm Creek
Can I collect here?
ProBased on our latest records, with claims updated from the BLM on Oct 9, 2026. Land and claims can change quickly, so check before you go.
Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Elm Creek
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Cook Mountain
- Geologic interval
- Middle Eocene
- Age
- 48.07–37.71 Ma
- Depositional environment
- marine indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 3
no paleoenvironmental data
downstream end of a horseshoe bend, bed of Elm Creek half way between U.S. Highway 77 bridge and abandoned San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad bridge, 0.5 km below old Evergreen Crossing and about 10.5 km north of Giddings
Fossils found here
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 4899 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
Getting there
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Questions about Elm Creek
Can you collect at Elm Creek?
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 Elm Creek?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.