Open Ground
U-Dig Trilobite Quarry
Public trilobite quarry · House Range, Utah
Open to digThe prize. Cambrian trilobites by the bucket
Where. House Range, Utah
Status. Open to dig
Where. House Range, Utah
Status. Open to dig
The account
U-Dig keeps an excavator working forty acres of Cambrian Wheeler Shale in the Utah desert, where the average visitor splits out a dozen five hundred million year old trilobites in an afternoon and takes them home.
Leads, where the trail points now
- What you can keep: Cambrian trilobites by the bucket. Confirm the site's current rules and any day fee before you go.
- Where: House Range, Utah. 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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