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Minto coalfield spoil

Fossil site Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils

Also reported: Calamites, coal.

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

Why this spot

Canada's oldest coal district, Pennsylvanian spoil heaps with plant impressions

Documented coalfield history with plant fossils known from waste piles.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

unstable spoil, wet pits

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