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Tagged With: Spring Valley

Proven Trilobite Hunt in Shade!

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Beverly

As promised, I am posting one of the sites that we went to on the Trilobite Hunt – this is it!   Who doesn’t love a shady fossil hunt on a hot August afternoon? The quiet of a seldom traveled gravel road, you, the birds, and the hunt for…???     The very first rock … Continue reading »

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The Perfect Kid’s Hunt – Guaranteed Fossils Quick & Easy!

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Beverly

  Being a grandmother and a substitute teacher, well, let’s just say I have a heart for kids. A couple from the Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul) contacted me earlier this week about taking their six year old son on a fossil hunt. Like many little boys his age, he loves dinosaurs! The Houston Nature Center had … Continue reading »

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Cty. 8 outside of Spring Valley

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Beverly

This road cut is about 8 miles east of Spring Valley on County 8. The top is in the Stewartville member (think gastros, macs, and cephs) of the Galena Formation and the rest is in the Prosser member of the Galena. It starts just as the road turns to gravel. DO NOT go there after … Continue reading »

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O’Connell Excavating has Great Fossils!

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Beverly

O’Connell Excavating & Plumbing is located in Spring Valley, MN on Hwy. 63 south. See those rocks layered like a retaining wall? They are ALL fossilized! They are of the Stewartville member of the Galena Formation, Ordovician Period. I had a retaining wall/deck created last year out of these and that is what got me … Continue reading »

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