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Hill Annex Mine fossil program, Calumet
Fossil site Documented siteLicence or permit
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Shark teeth
Fossils
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: bivalves.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Cretaceous marine seam exposed in an iron pit, opened to guided fossil hunts
The state park mine has run public fossil collecting programs on its spoil.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
pit benches
Keep exploring nearby
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