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Southern Cone, Chubut
Sarmiento
Jose Ormachea Petrified Forest, Chubut
Fossil site Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Petrified woodAlso reported: colorful banded badlands, scattered silicified wood.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Jon Sullivan (Public domain).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: 65-million-year-old petrified trunks in painted badland bluffs south of Sarmiento, a provincially protected geological park
Wikipedia's Sarmiento article lists the Petrified Forest as the town's notable attraction; exact park coordinates are approximate to the signed access road
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Strong windLoose bentonite slopes, 30 km gravel road from town
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.