Open Ground
The American Fossil Quarry
Pay-to-dig fish quarry · Kemmerer, Wyoming
Open to digThe prize. Fifty-million-year-old fish
Where. Kemmerer, Wyoming
Status. Open to dig
Where. Kemmerer, Wyoming
Status. Open to dig
The account
At the American Fossil quarry north of Kemmerer you split fifty million year old Green River shale and keep the fish, rays, and rare creatures you find, one of the great fossil grounds on earth.
Leads, where the trail points now
- What you can keep: Fifty-million-year-old fish. Confirm the site's current rules and any day fee before you go.
- Where: Kemmerer, Wyoming. Search only the marked legal area, and bring the right pan, screen, or detector and a container for finds.
- Best practice: record anything notable, leave the ground as you found it, and check the latest access notices before you travel.
Open ground. You can legally search here and keep what you find, within the rules the site posts. Bring any day fee or licence it asks for.
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