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Slip Point fossil beach, Clallam Bay

Fossil site Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: concretions.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Oligocene to Miocene concretion-bearing siltstones exposed on the wave-cut bench east of the point

Documented Clallam Formation mollusk locality familiar to Northwest fossil clubs.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

tides cut off the bench, slick rock

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