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Mineral Wells TX
City Fossil Park borrow pit
Fossil site Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Fossils
Shark teeth
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: brachiopods, bryozoans.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: Pennsylvanian Mineral Wells Formation exposed in an old city borrow pit, 300-million-year-old sea floor kept open as a free fossil park
City park established 2010 for collecting; crinoid and echinoid finds documented in Texas Highways and many reports
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Bare badland slopes bake in summerSlick clay when wet, no water on site
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.