Wow, Bill, you really did the research! Thanks! The site is a tad too far from the observing site for me to combine the activities on the day, but it definitely is added to the summer itinerary! Chuck --- bill biesele <xmix@biesele.net> wrote:
Found a reference in _A Collector's Guide to Rock, Mineral, & Fossil Loacalities of Utah_, J.R. Wilson, Utah Geological Survery Miscellaneous Publication 95-4, pg 120 describing horn coral in the Lakeside Mountains north of Delle.
"Description: Limestones at the south end of the Lakeside Mountains contain horn coral up to 4 inches or more...
Directions: Take the Delle exit west of Grantsville and follow the frontage road west approximately 3 miles where it turns NE. Continue straight after crossing the railroad tracks and proceed into the mountain area. Park and hike up the slopes to look for the horn corals."
Which in no way means there isn't horn coral where you've described.
Brent Watson wrote:
Lakeside is an old railroad town and sits right next to the rail that goes across the causeway in the Great Salt Lake. The quarry for the fill is next to the town, just west and a bit south. The distance between them is less than 1/2 mile. There are also rail lines going into the quarry, since they still occasionally get fill there for maintaining the causeway. This sounds like what your co-worker is talking about.
Brent
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