US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for SOUTH CAROLINA

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Location	County	State/Province	Directions,Notes	Age	Formation	Fossils	Comments	Reference	Lat-Long
Hamburg	Aiken	SC	classic locality from early 20th century	Cretaceous Upper	Tuscaloosa	?	SC0001				\|	,
Salley	Aiken	SC		Eocene	Congaree	?	SC0002				\|	,
Tinker Creek	Aiken	SC	on S side 500 meters below Cix's[?] bridge	Eocene	McBean\|Barnwell	Volutocorbis,Nucula,Leda,Ostrea,Pecten,Corbula,Tellina,Cytherea,Venericardia,Pteropsis,Spisula	SC0003	Tinker Creek runs along the Aiken-Barnwell line mostly in Aiken County and largely within the DOE Savannah River Plant. There aren't many bridges. Most likely locality looks to be around 33.3997N,81.5084W,but that's just a guess.		33.3997N,81.5084W	\|	,
Upper Three Runs	Aiken	SC	4 km S of SC781	Eocene	Congaree	?	SC0004				\|	,
Baldock	Barnwell	SC	6.5 km NW at Lower Three Runs	Eocene		Ostrea	SC0005				\|	,
Ellenton	Barnwell	SC	2 km S in excavation	Eocene	Barnwell	Ostrea	SC0006				\|	,
Shell Bluff	Barnwell	SC	on Savannah River	Eocene		Ostrea	SC0007				\|	,
Beaufort	Beaufort	SC	vertebrates			Carcharodon	SC0008				\|	,
-	Beaufort,Charleston	SC				Shark teeth - ProCarcharodon	SC0009				\|	,
Cross	Berkeley	SC	Cross Quarry,Exposures of the Oligocene Cooper Marl + the Pliocene Duplin Marl.	Oligocene	Cooper	Fossils include sharks and rays from each unit,echinoids,shells.	SC0010				\|	,
Cross	Berkeley	SC	Cross Quarry,Exposures of the Oligocene Cooper Marl + the Pliocene Duplin Marl.	Oligocene-Pliocene	Cooper Marl\|Duplin Marl	Fossils include sharks and rays from each unit,echinoids,shells.	SC0011				\|	,
Cross	Berkeley	SC	Cross Quarry,Exposures of the Oligocene Cooper Marl + the Pliocene Duplin Marl.	Pliocene	Duplin	Fossils include sharks and rays from each unit,echinoids,shells.	SC0012				\|	,
Cross	Berkeley	SC	in Martin-Marietta Quarry in deposits	Eocene-Pleistocene		Echinoids,mollusks,bryozoa	SC0013				\|	,
Cross	Berkeley	SC	in Martin-Marietta gravel quarries (Berkeley and Orangeburg) accessible with permission on weekends. 11 km N of SC176 on SC311 then 10 km W on County Line Road	Eocene-Pliocene	Moultrie\|Cross\|Cooper	wide variety of vertebrates and invertebrates. Ecphora,vertebrates,echinoids,echinoderms,Crabs	SC0014				\|	,
Cross	Berkeley	SC	in quarry	Eocene?	Duplin?\|Yorktown?	echinoids,bryozoa,mollusks	SC0015				\|	,
Eadytown	Berkeley	SC	on spoil banks of Santee-Cooper diversion Canal	Eocene	Santee	fossils	SC0016				\|	,
Goose Creek	Berkeley	SC	on S side of creek	Pliocene	Waccamaw	fossils	SC0017				\|	,
Cave Hall	Calhoun	SC		Eocene	Warley Hill	Ostrea	SC0018				\|	,
Creston	Calhoun	SC	1 km E in road cut on SC33, type locality	Eocene	Congaree	marine fossils	SC0019				\|	,
Lone Star	Calhoun	SC	5 km N on abandoned road W of SC237 and S of Warley Creek - Type locality	Eocene	Warley Hill	Venericardia,others	SC0020				\|	,
Poplar Creek	Calhoun	SC		Eocene	Warley Hill	Ostrea	SC0021				\|	,
Ashley River	Charleston	SC	in feeder creek and area exposures			shark teeth	SC0022	http://www.ditchweezil.net/tripdetail.asp?TripID=3			\|	,
Charleston	Charleston	SC	15 km S on NC17 in spoil pits of Bolton mine	Oligocene	Cooper	bryozoa,bivalves,shark teeth,mammal bones	SC0023				\|	,
Charleston	Charleston	SC	16 km SE on SC17 in spoil pits	Oligocene		shark teeth,bones,invertebrates	SC0024				\|	,
Charleston	Charleston	SC	In fill on Hwy 7 at Ashley River Bridge			brachiopods	SC0025				\|	,
Charleston	Charleston	SC	in area marl pits along Ashley River	Eocene	Cooper	shark teeth,forams	SC0026				\|	,
Dupont	Charleston	SC		Eocene		Ostrea	SC0027				\|	,
James Island RR Station	Charleston	SC	600 meters S,18 km SW of Charleston on Spoil banks of old Bolton mine on Rt 17	Oligocene	Cooper Marl	Bryozoa,bivalves,cirripedes,bone fragments,shark teeth	SC0028				\|	,
North Charleston	Charleston	SC	Ashley River Phosphate beds - sharks Alopecias,ProCarcharodon	Miocene	Hawthorn	?	SC0029				\|	,
-	Charleston,Colleton	SC	S of Charleston along beach	Pleistocene		fossils	SC0030				\|	,
Charleston	Charleston?	SC	near	Miocene	Hawthorn	Vertebrates-reptiles-Gavialosuchus	SC0031				\|	,
Cheraw	Chesterfield	SC	at bridge over PeeDee River. In borrow pit 100 meters S of US1	Cretaceous	Tuscaloosa?	forams some plant fossils	SC0032				\|	,
Cheraw	Chesterfield	SC	classic locality from early 20th century	Cretaceous Upper	Tuscaloosa	?	SC0033				\|	,
Middendorf	Chesterfield	SC	classic locality from early 20th century	Cretaceous Upper	Tuscaloosa	41 plant species	SC0034				\|	,
Middendorf	Chesterfield	SC	in RR cut 3 km N on Hartsville-Ruby Road	Cretaceous	Middendorf	plants - good leaf impressions	SC0035				\|	,
PeeDee River	Chesterfield	SC	in outcrops between Burches Ferry[?] and Yauhannah Ferry	Cretaceous Upper	PeeDee	marine fossils	SC0036	Can't locate either Burches or Yahannah Ferry on USGS maps. These are said to be River Bluff exposures East of Florence,SC			\|	,
Rimini	Clarendon	SC	2 km S on Spring Grove Creek	Eocene	Black Mingo	Fossiliferous chert	SC0037				\|	,
Tindall's Mill	Clarendon	SC	on Manning-Paxville Road in bed of Sammy Swamp in Sandstone and chert on Clay bed	Eocene	Black Mingo	Pseudoliva,Calyptraphorus,Miterella,Turritella,Natica,Ostrea,Venericardia.	SC0038				\|	,
Raysor Bridge	Colleton	SC	in small marl exposure on Edisto River	Miocene	Duplin	?	SC0039				\|	,
St George	Colleton	SC	13 km SW near Raysor Bridge on Edisto River	Miocene	Raysor Marl	Paracyathus,Epitonium,Turritella,Fissuridea,Cadulus,Nucula,Leda,Yoldia,Glycymeris,Arca,Ostrea,Pecten,Plicatula,Crassatellites,Astarte,others	SC0040				\|	,
Black Creek	Darlington	SC		Cretaceous Upper	Black Creek	15 species plants,a few mollusks	SC0041				\|	,
Darlington	Darlington	SC	along Black creek above town	Cretaceous Upper	Black Creek	plants - Algites,Cephalotaxospermum[?],Auricaria,Strobilites,Myrica,Salix,Ficus,Proteoides,Magnolia,Rhus,Others	SC0042	No citations for Cephalotaxospermum,but Cephalotaxus is a valid genus that might well be found in a Cretaceous plant collection.			\|	,
Mechanicsville	Darlington	SC	2 km NE on SC34	Cretaceous	Black Creek\|Tuscaloosa	?	SC0043	There is also a Mechanicsville in Lee County			\|	,
Dorchester	Dorchester	SC	4.3 km E at Four Hole Swamp on W bank of Orangeburg-Summerville Rd in marl	Eocene		shark teeth,corals,mollusk casts	SC0044				\|	,
Four Hole Swamp	Dorchester	SC	in dredging.			Carcharocles	SC0045				\|	,
Givhans Bridge	Dorchester	SC	on Edisto River 3 km S of Four Hole swamp in marl in river bluff 300 meters above bridge	Eocene	Cooper	Pecten,Amusium,Arca,Ostrea,bryozoa	SC0046				\|	,
Givhans Bridge	Dorchester	SC	on Edisto River 3 km S of Four Hole swamp in marl in stream bed on approach	Eocene	Cooper	Pecten,Amusium,Arca,Ostrea,bryozoa	SC0047				\|	,
Harleyville	Dorchester	SC		Eocene	Santee Limestone	invertebrates,vertebrates-Basilosaurus,Zygorhiza	SC0048				\|	,
Harleyville	Dorchester	SC	3 km E in quarry	Eocene-Oligocene		Basilosaurus,Zygorhiza teeth,Invertebrates,shark teeth.	SC0049				\|	,
Harleyville	Dorchester	SC	3 km N in quarry			Eocene-Miocene -- Castle Hayne-Cooper -- fossils	SC0050	Original says NC			\|	,
Harleyville	Dorchester	SC	Blue Circle Cement,This is an active Limestone mine that cuts 80' through the Harleyville Formation (Late Marine Eocene) and the Cross Formation (Middle Marine Eocene). This is the deepest mine in Eastern SC. The plant schedules one trip per quarter and	Devonian Middle and Upper	Harleyville\|Cross	Has produced a large quantity of undescribed archeocete material. Basilosaurus material shows up regularly along with shark,dugong,fish,and turtle.	SC0051				\|	,
Harleyville	Dorchester	SC	Blue Circle Quarry	Eocene	Santee Limestone	Fossils include shark and ray fauna,Archaeocetes.	SC0052				\|	,
Harleyville	Dorchester	SC	Blue Circle Quarry	Oligocene	Cooper Marl	Fossils include shark and ray fauna,Archaeocetes.	SC0053				\|	,
Harleyville	Dorchester	SC	Giant Portland Cement Co. Quarry			?	SC0054				\|	,
Harleyville	Dorchester	SC	In pit of Giant Portland Cement Co 4 km NNE. Oligocene Cooper Marl	Eocene	Santee Limestone	Basilosaurs vertebra,Zygorhiza teeth,invertebrates,oysters,shark teeth,Chlamys,forams	SC0055				\|	,
Harleyville	Dorchester	SC	This is an active Limestone plant that has a good reputation for providing access for fossil hunting. The main mine is approx. 60' deep and cuts through the Harleyville Formation (Late Marine Eocene) and Cross Formation (Middle Marine Eocene).	Eocene Middle-Eocene Upper	Harleyville\|Cross	This mine is a great place for all types of Eocene shark teeth. Archeocete material is a common find. Several complete skeletons of undescribed Durodon species have been recovered by the SC state museum.	SC0056				\|	,
Summerville	Dorchester	SC		Eocene	Cooper	Shark Teeth-Hemipristis,Isurus,Odontapsis	SC0057	There is a second Summerville in Richland County			\|	,
Ashley River	Dorchester?	SC	35.2km above Charleston	Eocene		Shark Teeth-Carcharodon	SC0058				\|	,
Burches Ferry	Florence	SC	14 km S of Mars Bluff (141 km above Georgetown).	Cretaceous Upper	PeeDee	Belemnitella,Exogyra. Anomia. Ostrea,Liopistha,Aphrodina,Turritella,Belemnitella	SC0059	Can't locate either Burches or Yahannah Ferry on USGS maps. These are said to be River Bluff exposures East of Florence,SC			\|	,
Davis Landing	Florence	SC		Cretaceous Upper	PeeDee	Ostrea,Gryphaea,Exogyra,Pecten,Lima,Anomia,Crenella,Veniella,Sphenodiscus	SC0060				\|	,
Elim	Florence	SC	500 meters SE on US391 at junction of Sparrow swamp and PeeDee River	Cretaceous Upper	PeeDee	mollusks,forams	SC0061				\|	,
Florence	Florence	SC	16 km E at Mars Bluff at base of sequence	Cretaceous Upper		Tellina with sponge borings;coral,bryozoa,pelecypods-Leda,Breviarca,Glycymeris,Arca,Ostrea,Anomia,Veniella,Crassatellites,Lucina,Cardium,Corbula,Dentalium,Nerita,Epitonium,Lunatia,Gyrates,Turritella,Pugnellus,Odontapsis,vertebra	SC0062				\|	,
Florence	Florence	SC	19 km E on old US76 at Mars Bluff on PeeDee River	Cretaceous	Black Creek	mollusks,fish vertebra	SC0063				\|	,
Florence	Florence	SC	along Willow Creek	Cretaceous	PeeDee	Exogyra,etc	SC0064				\|	,
Orum	Florence	SC	500 meters N			Exogyra	SC0065				\|	,
Black River	Georgetown	SC		Cretaceous Upper	PeeDee	marine fossils	SC0066				\|	,
Choppee Creek	Georgetown	SC	on N bank of Black River about 19 km N10degW of Georgetown	Eocene	Black Mingo	Ostrea,Modiolus,Venericardia,Melina,Liotia	SC0067				\|	,
Georgetown	Georgetown	SC	5 km NW near source of Whites Creek on Smpit Road in red sand	Eocene		poorly preserved marine fossil casts	SC0068				\|	,
Litchfield Beach	Georgetown	SC	along Beach	Pleistocene		fossils	SC0069				\|	,
Pawleys Island	Georgetown	SC	Fossils at S End			?	SC0070				\|	,
Perkins Bluff	Georgetown	SC	on W bank of Black River 5 km above Black Mingo Creek in fossiliferous Limestone (type locality)	Eocene	Black Mingo	Eutrephoceras	SC0071				\|	,
Waccamaw River	Georgetown	SC		Cretaceous Upper	PeeDee	marine fossils	SC0072				\|	,
-	Horry	SC	on Atlantic Ocean beaches from Winyah Bay to NC line			Exogyra,shark teeth,gastropods	SC0086				\|	,
-	Horry	SC	on beaches	Cretaceous	PeeDee	Exogyra	SC0087				\|	,
Bears Bluff	Horry	SC		Pliocene	Waccamaw	about a dozen species of mollusks	SC0073				\|	,
Conway	Horry	SC	15 km E at mouth of Tilly Lake on Waccamaw River	Cretaceous		Exogyra	SC0074	Original reference said North Carolina			\|	,
Myrtle Beach	Horry	SC	1 km N along Intercoastal waterway	Pleistocene		Polinices,Terebra,Rangia,Turritella,Conus,Busycon	SC0075				\|	,
Myrtle Beach	Horry	SC	N along Hwy 17	Pleistocene		Polinices,Terebra,Rangia,Turritella,Conus,Busycon	SC0076				\|	,
Myrtle Beach	Horry	SC	N along Intercoastal waterway at NC51 bridge	Pleistocene		Polinices,Terebra,Rangia,Turritella,Conus,Busycon	SC0077				\|	,
Myrtle Beach	Horry	SC	North Bank of Intercoastal Canal in back of Shrine club on US17	Pleistocene	Canepatch	Polynices,Terebra,Rangia,Turritella,Noetia,Busycon,Conus,Astrangia	SC0078	'Polynices' is likely a misspelling of Polinices,the modern 'moon snail'			\|	,
Myrtle Beach	Horry	SC	S along coast			?	SC0079				\|	,
Myrtle Beach	Horry	SC	in bank of Intercoastal Waterway in back of Shrine Club on NC17			bivalves	SC0080				\|	,
Myrtle Beach	Horry	SC	in dredged materials along beach			shark teeth and other fossils	SC0081				\|	,
Myrtle Beach--Windy Hill	Horry	SC				Cassidulus	SC0082				\|	,
North Myrtle Beach	Horry	SC	8 km S on W Side NC17	Cretaceous	PeeDee	abundant fossils	SC0083				\|	,
North Myrtle Beach	Horry	SC	9 km N in spoil bank along SC17	Cretaceous	PeeDee	invertebrates	SC0084				\|	,
North Myrtle Beach	Horry	SC	along SC17 10 km S in spoil bank of	Cretaceous Upper	PeeDee	Cucullaea,Trigonarca,Exogyra,Placenticeras,Eutrephoceras	SC0085				\|	,
Savannah River	Jasper	SC	area exposures	Miocene	Hawthorn	a few mollusk shells	SC0088				\|	,
Batesburg	Lexington	SC				Trilobites	SC0089				\|	,
Batesburg	Lexington	SC	nearby	Cambrian Middle?	Asbill Pond	Avalonian trilobites-Skehanos,Paradoxides,Hypagnostus,Peronopsis,Ptychagnostus,Tomagnostus,Agraulos,Skreiaspis?	SC0090				\|	,
Gaston	Lexington	SC	1.3 km W at head of First Creek (type locality)	Eocene	Congaree Shale	Venericardia,Shark Teeth	SC0091				\|	,
Gaston	Lexington	SC	3 km S	Eocene	Congaree	?	SC0092				\|	,
Gaston	Lexington	SC	3 km S 600 meters E of RR	Eocene	McBean	Venericardia	SC0093				\|	,
Hodges Mill	Marion	SC	(Snow Hill member) 70 meters W of Nichols-Galivants Ferry road 1 km N of Sandy Bluff road	Cretaceous Upper	Black Creek	Ostrea,Exogyra,Trigonia,Veniella,Crassatellites,Cardium,Cyprimeria. Aphrodina,Legumen,Leptosolen,Pholadidae	SC0094				\|	,
Lynches River	Marion	SC		Cretaceous Upper	PeeDee	marine fossils	SC0095				\|	,
Smithboro	Marion	SC	5 km SE in bed of branch of Buck Swamp on Mullins road	Cretaceous Upper	Snow Hill	Ostrea,Exogyra,Trigonia,Veniella,Crassatellites,Cardium,Cyprimeria. Aphrodina,Legumen,Leptosolen,Pholadidae	SC0096				\|	,
Eutawville	Orangeburg	SC	5.5cm ENE at Eutaw Springs in Limestone	Eocene	Santee	fossils	SC0097				\|	,
Orangeburg	Orangeburg	SC	8 km N at Pooser's[?] Hill	Eocene		many genera	SC0098	Couldn't identify Pooser's Hill			\|	,
Orangeburg	Orangeburg	SC	9 km N to the S of Early Branch on the Columbia road	Eocene	McBean	Cancellaria,Turricula,Phos,Crepidula,Leda,Yoldia. Trigonarca,Pinna,Pteropsis,Mactra	SC0099				\|	,
Orangeburg	Orangeburg	SC	In area Limestone deposits			?	SC0100				\|	,
Orangeburg	Orangeburg	SC	on Bull Swamp Rd E of CawCaw road	Eocene	McBean	Actaeon,Bullinella,Terbra,Conus,Pleurotoma,Cancellaria,Oliva,Curricula,Conomitra,Ficus,Murex,Turritella,Tuba,Crepidula,Lunatia,Natica,Leda,Yoldia,Trigonarca,others	SC0101				\|	,
Santee	Orangeburg	SC	on S shore of Lake Marion near US391 bridge in Limestone and sand	Eocene	Santee	a few mollusks	SC0102				\|	,
Springfield	Orangeburg	SC	3 km downstream at Stroman's Mill			white silicified shells	SC0103				\|	,
Springfield	Orangeburg	SC	6.2 km E at bluff E of Rocky Swamp on Norway road in sandy chert ledges	Eocene		Venericardia	SC0104				\|	,
Youngs Island	Orangeburg	SC	In Pleistocene fossil beds in mud bed at low tide with a lower,richer bed available at very low tide.	Pleistocene	Canepatch	Younges Island in original Polynices,Terebra,Rangia,Turritella,Noetia,Busycon,Conus,Astrangia	SC0105	'Polynices' is likely a misspelling of Polinices,the modern 'moon snail'			\|	,
Youngs Island	Orangeburg	SC	in mud flats	Pleistocene		invertebrates	SC0106				\|	,
Catchall	Sumter	SC	3 km NE in red roadside sand	Eocene		Madrepora,Mesalia?,Turritella,Venericardia,Crassatella,echinoid fragments	SC0107				\|	,
Mayesville	Sumter	SC	8 km NE on Black River Road 1 km NE of Brick Church	Miocene	Duplin	250 species of mollusks	SC0108				\|	,
Pinewood	Sumter	SC	6.5 km NNW at river road crossing of Fuller's Earth Creek	Eocene		Ostrea,Venericardia,Turritella,corals,mollusks	SC0109				\|	,
Wedgefield	Sumter	SC	3.5 km N at Moore's Spring 70 meters W of Stateburg Hwy (Camden Hwy)	Eocene		Venericardia	SC0110				\|	,
Black Mingo Creek	Williamsburg	SC		Cretaceous Upper	PeeDee	marine fossils	SC0111				\|	,
Kingstree	Williamsburg	SC	10 km S at Lower Bridge on Black River	Eocene	Black Mingo	a few fossils	SC0112				\|	,
Kingstree	Williamsburg	SC	9.3 km SW on Murray's Ferry Road to Heinemann	Eocene	Black Mingo	coral,Murex,Natica,Gervillia? Perna	SC0113				\|	,
Kingstree	Williamsburg	SC	At Black River Highway bridge	Eocene	Black Mingo	coral,Murex,Natica,Gervillia? Perna	SC0114				\|	,
Kingstree	Williamsburg	SC	On Main Street	Eocene	Black Mingo	coral,Murex,Natica,Gervillia? Perna	SC0115				\|	,
Kingstree	Williamsburg	SC	in spoil piles of area irrigation ponds	Eocene		mollusks	SC0116				\|	,
Salters	Williamsburg	SC	2 km E in roadside exposures	Eocene		silicified Coelohelia,Haimesiastraea,Cucullaea,Ostrea,etc.	SC0117	per HA Coelohelia=Oculina			\|	,
Salters	Williamsburg	SC	2 km E on unpaved road in coarse red sand	Eocene	Black Mingo	mollusks	SC0118				\|	,
Suttons	Williamsburg	SC	3 km E in roadside exposures	Eocene	Black Mingo	bryozoa,Ostrea,Anomia,Pecten	SC0119				\|	,
-	[?]	SC	In dry beach sands dredged during reclamation projects, screen with fine tooth sieve then manually examine screened material	Pleistocene?		microfossils, small vertebrate teeth, tiny conical bryozoa		Paleolist - 02/04/2008 01:24 AM	36.86389 -89.86083		\|		,
Ashley River	[?]	SC		Miocene	Hawthorn	Vertebrates-turtles-Chrysemys	SC0120	Could be an any of several counties			\|	,
Harbyville[?]	[?]	SC		Eocene	Castle Hayne	Ray teeth-Myliobatis	SC0121	Can't find a Harbyville in South Carolina. There is a Hardeeville in Jasper County			\|	,
Intercoastal Canal	[?]	SC	Hwy 51 bridge over canal	Pleistocene	Canepatch	Polynices,Terebra,Rangia,Turritella,Noetia,Busycon,Conus,Astrangia	SC0122	'Polynices' is likely a misspelling of Polinices,the modern 'moon snail'			\|	,
Intercoastal Waterway	[?]	SC		Cretaceous Upper	PeeDee	marine fossils	SC0123				\|	,
Lower Three Runs Creek[?]	[?]	SC	in Allendale quadrangle	Eocene	Barnwell	Ostrea	SC0124	Couldn't identify a three runs creek			\|	,
Red Bluff	[?]	SC		Oligocene	Cooper	fossils	SC0125	USGS shows Red Bluffs in Horry,Marlboro,and Marion Counties			\|	,
Santee Falls[?]	[?]	SC	nearby in Limestone	Eocene	Castle Hayne?	forams	SC0126	There apparently is a Santee Falls with limestone exposures nearby,but I have been unable to find the exact location.			\|	,

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