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Gilmore City quarries

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils

Also reported: blastoids, corals.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Mississippian crinoid beds famous among Midwest collectors

Classic crinoid locality in MAPS and survey literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

quarry walls, blasting schedules

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