Illinois Fossil Hunting Resources
Illinois Fossil Hunting ResourcesSwim around a Silurian reef at the Milwaukee Public MuseumFossils of Illinois based on Collinson's Guide for Beginning Fossil Hunters available from the ISGS.A geologic column from…
Geological Summary of North Carolina
Common answers about the geography and geology of North Carolina (from NC Geological Survey) The state rock The General Assembly of 1979 designated granite as the official State rock. North…
Feldspar Collecting sites in North Carolina
FELDSPAR MINERAL COLLECTING SITESAll Sites taken from Wilson and McKenzie (1978) and from Conley (1958)Information Circular 24 and County IC-Map# #Code Mine Name (if noted) Latitude Longitude MINERAL 24-23-1 ASHE-001…
Mica Collecting sites in North Carolina
MICA COLLECTING SITESList of mineral locations in North Carolina where mica is reported to occurFrom North Carolina Geological SurveyAll Sites taken from Wilson and McKenzie (1978) and from Conley (1958)Information…
Flint Collecting Near Flint Ridge Ohio
Flint Ridge area is roughly 3 miles SE of Newark, Licking County, Ohio and extends 12 miles to the Northwest up to Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.Specifically near Brownsville Ohio at…
Trammel Fossil Park
Trammel Fossil Park is located near Cincinnati Ohio.N 39° 17.769 W 084° 24.32216S E 723749 N 4352851View Larger MapTrammel Fossil Park is an excellent place to look for nice Ordovician…
Kings Tunnel, near Mineral OH
Photos from recent to the Lake Hope State Park area in Southern Ohio.No mineral or fossil collecting but alot of fun hiking and exploring.see previous post
Moonville Tunnel, Moonville OH
Photos from recent to the Lake Hope State Park area in Southern Ohio.No mineral or fossil collecting but alot of fun hiking and exploring.see previous post
Ohio State Fossil – Isotelus brachycephalus
Butler County is in an area known to scientists as the Cincinnati Dome, a large area in North America defined by a bulging of the earth's crust into a dome…
Geodes rare in Ohio
Ohio is not known for geodes. Almost all of the geodes reported are calcite geodes reported in limestones and dolomites from southwestern Ohio. Geodes are rare but limestones and dolomites…