silverphoenix Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 So I've been traveling A LOT lately for training for my new job--it's been SUPER CRAZY HECTIC, but I've at least been able to collect vigorously along the way to and back from OK for training! I will have LOTS of stuff to post soon--saving up for one big post. I've been asking for a lot of info lately and everyone has been Great helping me out! Someone on here helped me to find one site in Waurika---Does anyone know of any more sites up here? I'll be here until next Wednesday, so I have time after training each day to fossil collect. I'll send a medium flat rate box of matrix or half the big fossils I find to anyone that provides info that leads me to a site. You can know it or research it--if I find fossils, I'll send some your way! Staying in Oklahoma City at the moment. Thanks!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolPete Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 How far are you willing to travel? I know a several places over by Tulsa and a couple more south of OKC in the Arbuckle mountains. Also what kinds of fossils are you looking for? If you get the chance you should go visit the Sam Noble Museum in Norman (just south of OKC) to see what all Oklahoma has to offer fossil wise. Several members, including myself, have donated fossils there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 He's not kiddin' folks! I got a big happy package in the mail today with lots of great material to sift through. I've already found shark teeth and lots of bone from fish or maybe even reptiles. I'll do some more screening and cleaning before I ask for some IDs but this could take awhile to go through. Thanks silver p! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardlyatwork Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 There's a pay site called White Mound in Sulphur Ok. My wife found her first trilobite there. Route 1 box 323 Sulphur OK 73086 580 622-5366 hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 (edited) I sniffed around a bit and found these 2 sites. I've never been to them and know nothing really about them. The Ada Brick Pit and Rose Creek sites are from Oklahoma Fossil Localities by Mark McKinzie P. 77-79. And the Richards Spur site may not be accessible at all but here's some possibly out-of-date info I found: Dolese Brothers Quarry/Richards Spur Quarry General Office 20 N.W. 13th Oklahoma City, Ok 73103 Rick Delk and Mike Fesse 375 Dolese Road RR1 Box 3800 Elgin, Oklahoma 73538-9744 Phone: (580) 492-4771; (405) 235-2311 Fax: (580) 492-5670 Lower Permian reptile bones are found in soft clay fissure fillings in hard Ordovician limestone at the Dolese Quarry 7 miles north of Lawton, Ok. The quarry allows non-commercial collection by amateur and professional groups and specifically excludes individual collectors. For individuals, I suggest you contact the company and join someone else’s visit. "Cranial anatomy of primitive captorhinid reptiles from the Late Pennsylvanian and Early Permian, Oklahoma and Texas," Malcolm J. Heaton Heaton, Malcolm J. Oklahoma Geological Survey. Bulletin no. 127 Edited October 2, 2014 by Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Unfortunately the Richard's Spur quarry is off limits, in full or in part due to private collectors selling material from there, after signing an agreement not to. But man, was it good 10 years ago! Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverphoenix Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 Thanks for the info!!! Is the Dolse quarry still shut down? I'd like to visit if not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Richard's Spur IS the quarry in Dolse. The other site Carl mentioned is in Ada and the development that exposed it has been completed now so it's private lots. I don't know how fast they're selling and getting built on but Mark mentions them because adjacent fields will be cleared for development in the future. It's the Rose Creek subdivision on S. Kerr Lab Road in Ada Ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Richard's Spur IS the quarry in Dolse. The other site Carl mentioned is in Ada and the development that exposed it has been completed now so it's private lots. I don't know how fast they're selling and getting built on but Mark mentions them because adjacent fields will be cleared for development in the future. It's the Rose Creek subdivision on S. Kerr Lab Road in Ada Ok. So at least at this very moment there's no reason to visit Ada for collecting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Correct according to Mark. If Ada posts building permits online it might be wise to check periodically for activity on the adjacent field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Bummer!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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