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>Map >Satellite This canyon, which has been thoroughly worked by amateur and professional paleontologists, held a wide variety of fossilized Pliocene marine invertebrates, including sand dollars, oysters, clams and other mollusks. The fossils occur in marine sediments which have been uplifted and faulted. Pre-Cenozoic granitic and metamorphic rocks are exposed in the area. Vegetation in the canyon, which is quite steep-sided, is of the creosote bush scrub community. Integrity: There is a jeep road and prospecting occurs in the area. Over-collecting has lowered the value of this site and it should be afforded more protection. Use: Research, education. For information, contact Bureau of Land Management. March 1976
Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2008 Steven Louis Hartman
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