squalicorax Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Got a chance to collect in the St Paul Stone Quarry in St. Paul Indiana. The quarry is silurian aged waldron shale here we are waiting at the gates The quarry is mined for dolomite and the uneconomical waldron shale needs to be cleared away. We were driven to a particular area to collect at. They had dumped piles and piles of shale on the ground with fossils weathering out everywhere. Heres me after the long day of collecting I forgot to take in situ pics because I was so overwhelmed with the fossils. here are some of my finds My best Eucalyptocrinus crassus calyx A Eucalyptocrinites elrodi calyx Unknown Calyx Calymene Trilobites Dalmanities Brachiopods Leptaena Unicinulus stricklandi Fardenia subplana Eospirifer radiatus Platyostoma Decachisma blastoid which made the regulars very upset because it was my first time collecting there. Sponges Favosite coral balls. bigger ones around an inch or two 2 My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isotelus rex Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Great report was this a club trip?I have been wanting to go there myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 Yes it was with the Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois (esconi.org) It was my first trip with them and everyone was so nice there and I hope to attend more trips with them. My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 What a great trip! Excellent finds! The Waldron Shale has been on my "wish list" for a long time. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 Thanks Don. You'll have to come up to Indiana to get some of the Waldron goodies. It defiantly was one of the best Paleozoic spots ive been to. My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Great trip, very nice finds. I was wondering before it was asked how you gained access... seems the only way anymore is with a club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilnoob Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Congrats on the finds, I have also found most of that stuff that day also. Except the trilos, and blastoid. I have some bigger stuff I need to have prepared, as seeing I believe there is stuff in them I just dont know how to go about it without ruining it. I also found a cephlapod section that day also. Ill try to post pics later. It was nice huntin with ya by the way dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 düd killer trip! i've dabbled just slightly in the waldron and you did quite well. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amaltheus Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Great day out,how far from Indy central is the quarry? Love the finds and what afab looking quarry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchtrilobite Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Nice report ! My new website : http://www.trilobite.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fengw03 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Great report and nice finds. The Waldron Shale is always in my dream. Same question, do you have to be in a club in order to get access to the quarry? Thanks, Wei Great trip, very nice finds. I was wondering before it was asked how you gained access... seems the only way anymore is with a club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilnoob Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 For what I know,yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 What strikes me is the variety of fossils found there. I have never been to a place where trilobites and blastoids could be found at the same place.. I love that quarry! I enjoyed reading about your trip too.. I have never seen Favosite coral balls before either.. Way cool!! Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isotelus rex Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Yea I'd be curious to find out if its open single collectors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Good report and pics! Thanks for sharing with us! Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glacialerratic Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Nice report. Love those shots of the quarry, and those trilos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 Yea I'd be curious to find out if its open single collectors. Not sure about single collectors. The insurance liability for these quarry's really drags down the access to them. the quarry is about 40 minutes from Indianapolis. thanks for looking everyone, it really was a great day. My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Dude, you made out well there despite the small collecting area. Congrats! I am especially drolling over the tiny blastoid. *drool* -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 Thanks Shamalama, I did use your blog for identification of alot of my finds so thanks again. Also that enrolled trilobite is actually an Otarion My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Great trip report! I was also on the trip and will post some pictures when I get things cleaned up. Congratulations on the blastoid. Those are tough to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 hey RCFossils. I probably talked to you on the trip but never introduced fossil forum name. I remember one guy had a whip scorpion nodule at the quarry gates that was unreal. Do you have air abrader to prep your finds? My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scipio Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Hmm small world. I remember you were the guy that Tom and John were talking about the rest of the day for finding one of the few Blastoids known from that quarry. You had a very good day, way to go! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 Ha yup that was me. "That punk young kid finding all the good stuff on his first visit." I fossil collect a lot so I hope it wasn't beginners luck... Really fun with you guys on that trip, I hope to do another with you guys soon. My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scipio Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 I doubt it. I have done this for years and you have good trips and bad ones. You just had a really good one. It was a wired year though in terms of finding good stuff and I pulled out four prone Calymene that were complete which is not usual. I tend to find perhaps one enrolled one if I'm lucky and perhaps one or two for the whole group per trip. This trip everyone was finding them. And then earlier this year in May a lot of unusual Crinoid material was found. So overall it was a good year there. You were with the Wisconsin group I assume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) I air abraded some of the fossil from this site recently over break Blastoid Decachisma Brachiopod Anastrophia or Unicinculus Edited January 18, 2012 by squalicorax 1 My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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