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Green River Formation fish quarries (Kemmerer), WY

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Eocene lacustrine shale (Green River Formation) fossil fish

World-renowned fossil-fish beds; several commercial quarries near Kemmerer offer public digging.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Quarry walls, sun exposure

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