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Danville PA

Montour Preserve fossil pit

Fossil site Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils

Also reported: brachiopods, pelecypods, corals.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Mahantango Formation Devonian shale pit kept open specifically for public collecting at a utility-built preserve

Preserve's own page confirms free collecting and keepers; trilobite and brachiopod finds in countless reports

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Sharp shale edgesHot exposed rock in summer, eye protection needed when splitting

Keep exploring nearby

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