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March 13, 2004 - Mississippian Fossils, Morgan Co, AL


We began our field trip for this month at a quarry in Jefferson County, to view specimens in the quarry classroom.  Then we caravaned to the collecting site in Morgan Co, AL (except Vicki, who was talking so much to Bill and Adelle that she failed to see everyone else passing her on the interstate ...)

We had a wonderful day of collecting, beautiful weather and great turnout.  We went to a new spot in the quarry, in addition to the site from last year.  Collecting is in the Mississippian Period (340-310 mya), in

February 22, 2004 - Jefferson Co, AL

This month's field trip was a work party to prepare the display stone in the Gate City Quarry for the continuing Ruffner Mountain Nature Center project. After a delightful lunch at the Golden Rule BBQ the BPS had fun hiking in to the quarry via a back way told to us by the RMNC staff and we even met a potential new

June 21, 2003 - Carboniferous Fossils, Jefferson Co, AL

BPS members visited 2 areas of new road development and a small quarry in Jefferson County this month, making 3 stops total. We had not visited these locations before, so were not sure how prolific the sites would be.


(Photos courtesy Greg Mestler, Ron Beerman, and Vicki Lais.)

hunting fossils at site

At stop #1, several brachiopods and a couple of slabs with small amphibian track prints were found.

August 25, 2001 - Colbert Co, AL

BPS members took a long road trip to roadcuts in Colbert County on August 25, where everyone found a good selection of blastoids, brachiopods, trilobites, and other Mississippian age fossils at two separate collecting sites.

Afterwards, we relaxed and cooled off in a creek on some propery owned by one of our members.

 

February 26, 2000 - Mississippian Fossils, Franklin Co, AL

Every year, the BPS visits a lake in Franklin County, Alabama when the lake level is down from normal, exposing rocks from the Bangor Limestone dating back to the late Mississipian Period of geological history (about 320 million years). About 25 BPS members and guests attended the field trip, which took place on a beautiful, sunny, and pleasantly warm day.

November 20, 1999 - Bibb Co, AL

This Saturday field trip was the first visit even by veteran BPS members to a quarry located in north Bibb County. The rocks from this quarry have been used as rip-rap at several highway locations, the best ones I know of being on a ramp at Exit 79 and between Exits 77 and 79 on

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