Fossil Lake Safari is a you-dig quarry situated outdoors Kemmerer, Wyoming, the place guests can cut up rocks to seek out 52 million-year-old fish fossils. The quarry is situated on a nearshore deposit of the Inexperienced River Formation, a well-known fossil-bearing formation that was once the mattress of a prehistoric lake! Fossil Lake Safari was once Warfield Quarry, and has been working because the late '60s. Some specimens discovered listed here are in Chicago's Area Museum, the close by Fossil Butte Nationwide Monument, and quite a few different Inexperienced River collections world wide.
These sorts of quarries cost flat charges for sure quantities of dig occasions, and just about no matter you discover, you get to take dwelling! The workers present you how you can use supplied instruments to separate rock, and how you can search for fossils within the rocks. When you get into the rhythm you might cut up fish all day!
There's all the time the prospect {that a} customer or the quarry operators make an thrilling discovery: earlier this 12 months the operators discovered three as-yet unidentified mammal fossils whereas transferring overburden! They're working with specialists at Fossil Butte Nationwide Monument to establish them.
