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Wheeler Amphitheater, Millard County, Utah, 2022


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LabRatKing

Here is a few highlights from a brief stop at the old BLM trilobite quarry at the Wheeler Amphitheater.

 

I was passing through the area for work and had to try my hand at the "defunct" site.

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Fossildude19

Nice finds, for a "defunct" quarry.  ;)

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LabRatKing
1 hour ago, Fossildude19 said:

Nice finds, for a "defunct" quarry.  ;)

Yeah, It is far more work than the pay-to-play quarry, but I actually got better specimens there than I ever got at U-Dig!

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lovely trilobites, never been there but I will got there one day

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Well done, sir! 

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FossilDAWG

Nice “bugs”!  :wub: I didn’t know the BLM quarry was defunct, but then again I didn’t know much about that site at all.   I have done OK at the U-dig quarry.

 

Don

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Ludwigia

For a defunct quarry the finds are pretty flipping good :)

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LabRatKing
3 hours ago, FossilDAWG said:

Nice “bugs”!  :wub: I didn’t know the BLM quarry was defunct, but then again I didn’t know much about that site at all.   I have done OK at the U-dig quarry.

 

Don

The BLM quarry has been long abandoned, (the days of the annual heavy machinery visit to dig out shale to split) but also has the best spots to camp out in the Amphitheater. High ground, no risk of getting flooded out and incredible views!

 

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