JimInAugusta Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Going to Vernal Utah soon for five quick days. I will have a rental car and a pretty dern open schedule. This is a one shot deal. I will never be back. How do I play ugly American and find places to dig for fossils legally? How do I play tourist and look at fabulous exhibits of fossils and take wonderful photos to share with the members here? Linky to location of Vernal. Think Northeast Utah by the Green river: http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&...ge&resnum=1 Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrocklds Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 jim let me know when you are coming and i may be able to take you around and find a few things. closest to vernal are the Green River Formation leaves at bonanza, about 40 miles south of vernal. but there are things everywhere out here. pm sent Brock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 You can find some upper Paleozoic material and red jasper on the flanks of Tanks Peak south of Dinosaur National Monument but above US 40. I heard that you used to be able to find some fossils north of Vernal near Brush Creek. I stopped there last year but didn't find anything. If you have the time and stamina to drive 3 hrs north, you can hit the Green River fish quarries and Blue Forest (petrified wood). Good luck! -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...
bone digger Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I think there is dino poo around Vernal somewhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I think there is dino poo around Vernal somewhere! ...so watch where you step! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 ...so watch where you step! You beat me to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 WOW I love it up that way, you should be able to find a lot of places to pull off and hunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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