The road is well maintained, and you can drive a car out there. Just follow the signs along the road to the quarry. Just make sure you load the coordinates before you leave Delta, as there’s pretty much no cell reception or internet access beyond there. We loaded the coordinates when we arrived at Delta. The quarry is located 52 miles west of Delta by Antelope Springs. We left at 9:30 that morning and drove straight back without stopping to our home at 8:00 pm. But you can keep whatever you find–and we were there to find!įrom where we live in Davis County, it took us almost five hours to arrive at the quarry (including bathroom stops and one quick drive-thru for lunch). So we sifted through 25 gallons of rocks. Each of us pretty much filled a 5-gallon bucket. We have a family of four and brought our niece. Then it took us an hour to select our top pieces and then have them sawed and polished. We arrived at the quarry about 1:30 and dug for 2 hours. Click here to see options for your visit. You’ll want to dig at least for two hours. A variety of trilobites and other fossils can be found at the quarry. (Yeah, we’re scientific for sure!)īut it’s not quite that simple. To rookies like us, trilobite exoskeletons simply remind us of bugs. The biggest we found was about an inch long. The fossils at the quarry range in size from one-eighth of an inch to two inches. Anciently, these prehistoric life forms roamed the bottoms of the seas in search of food. It’s an extinct form of marine life, about 550 million years old. You’ll still have to dig and split limestone shale, but it’s totally doable–and fun! Whatever you find, you keep! Shane has a big excavator, which he uses to turn over the layers of sedimentary rock in the quarry, exposing fresh layers for customers. The owners, Shane, Carrie, and sons will educate you on what to do and give you great pointers so you’ll know where to dig and what to look for. Why Is U-Dig Fossils Fantastic?Įven if you don’t know what you’re doing, you can find great trilobite treasures here. Throughout Utah there are various places to find fossils or go rockhounding, but we’d like to show you a trilobite quarry in Delta that’s fantastic: U-Dig Fossils. Does digging for fossils intrigue you? For us, it’s like a treasure hunt, and we enjoy finding them as a family.
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