Ted's Finds On An Island In Georgian Bay Just South Of Phillip Edward Island

[tedscanoe]

(Georgian Bay Ontario Canada)

Hi, here's a whack of photos that I took of this sedimentary layer that was mostly covered with granite and the like. Most of the photos were taken between 2 and 6 feet of water. Crazy amounts of smaller sedimentary stones on the rocky beach. I was just so taken by their beauty that I've now decided to "get serious" about hunting them. Any book photo type books out there that would help me identify fossils and perhaps rock formations where they might be found?

Thanks again, Ted

Edited August 25, 2015 by tedscanoe

[Plax]

straight cephalopods? Initially thought some were belemnites until I saw the chambers. amazing assemblage!

[izak_]

The long things look like straight nautiloids very nice ones, two! And welcome to TFF

Izak

[Pumpkinhead]

Wow, that's some really cool stuff there. Just glancing at your pictures it looks as though you've got some nautiloids (those cone shaped fossils with the lines running sort of horizontally through them) and fragments of other shells- either brachiopods or bivalves. I'm going to guess that this is from the Georgian Bay formation. I could be wrong though.

Is there any way you could post an exact location of where you found those? I might want to check that site out if its publically accessible.

[Auspex]

Absolutely fascinating!

[Jdeutsch]

try this for some ID potential in your area

http://www.geologyontario.mndmf.gov.on.ca/mndmfiles/pub/data/imaging/GB07/GB07.pdf

[abyssunder]

I think there is a very nice sea bed ensemble of fossils. Also a good guide that may help you to ID some of the fossil finds is here : Upper Ordovician Faunas of Ontario and Quebec - by A. F. Foerste 1924 https://www.mediafir...mx20kqiv3q1vzt5

[Ridgehiker]

Just great photos. All types of neat specimens in that matrix. We all want to jump into the water.

I just love that area where you were finding these fossils. So much geology and native history.

For anyone not familiar with it...it's next to Manitoulin Island which is the largest freshwater island in the world...so big it has dozens of lakes of its own and some of these lakes have their own islands. So there are islands within lakes within an island in a lake (Lake Huron). Lots of wildlife.

[tedscanoe]

Wow, great info. Appreciated.

I won't publish the lat/long just because I'm paranoid, but will gladly send it by P.M. to forum members.

Pumpkinhead, I'll look at my GPS waypoints tomorrow and get exact location to you by tomorrow.

Ted

Thanks again everyone.

[ZiggieCie]

Welcome to the Forum, and a big WOW!!!!!!

[tedscanoe]

Pumpkinhead, p.m. sent with lat/long and a small jpeg showing just where they are.

Anyone other forum members that might be thinking of heading that way, just ask and I'll send the same co-ords and jpegs.

Am I being paranoid??? I just worry about someone going in and trashing the area even though I know that there have been lots of people before me that have collected sedimentary rocks that have naturally broken away from the sheet. Should I be happy to publish it so that the island might even be listed in the 'Ontario Rocks' app?

cheers Ted

[Auspex]

We have 30,000 unique visitors per month: it is quite wise to not publish the locations of sensitive sites publicly.

[Pumpkinhead]

Just great photos. All types of neat specimens in that matrix. We all want to jump into the water.

I just love that area where you were finding these fossils. So much geology and native history.

For anyone not familiar with it...it's next to Manitoulin Island which is the largest freshwater island in the world...so big it has dozens of lakes of its own and some of these lakes have their own islands. So there are islands within lakes within an island in a lake (Lake Huron). Lots of wildlife.

If anyone happens to ever find themselves on Manitoulin, I'd love to go fossil hunting with some people there. If you're interested, send me a pm and we can coordinate.

[bethk]

Love it! Mostly the Ordovician rock is scraped away on that side of Georgian Bay, but there are little pockets here and there, and also lots of cobbles that wash up. I would expect it's Gull River Formation (or is it Black River Formation?) which is just about the oldest of the Paleozoic rocks at the Paleozoic/Shield boundary. The unconformity between the age of the Paleozoic rock you found and the underlying shield granites is about 1 billion years!

[JUAN EMMANUEL]

Am I being paranoid??? I just worry about someone going in and trashing the area even though I know that there have been lots of people before me that have collected sedimentary rocks that have naturally broken away from the sheet. Should I be happy to publish it so that the island might even be listed in the 'Ontario Rocks' app?

cheers Ted

I have heard of that app before but I am not sure if it works or if its reliable. Does it really work?