US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for WASHINGTON

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Location	County	State/Province	Directions,Notes	Age	Formation	Fossils	Comments	Reference	Lat-Long
Murks Bay[?]	[?]	WA	On beach accessible via Forest Service trails			mollusks,vertebrates-bones;cephalopods-Aturia	WA0113	Can't identify a Murks Bay in Washington			\|	,
Warwick[?]	[?]	WA	10 km W			plants-wood-petrified	WA0114	Can't identify a town of Warwick,Washington			\|	,
-	Adams	WA	area exposures	Pliocene		fish,Reptilia,mammals-bones;	WA0001				\|	,
-	Clallam	WA	55 km W of Port Angeles on N side of Olympic Peninsula in exposures from Twin Rivers to Neah Bay in Concretions in clay	Oligocene		Turricula,Aforia,Galeodea,Nautiloids,Acmaea,bivalves,Pecten,Miopleiona	WA0012	Galeodea originally entered as Galodea			\|	,
Agate Beach	Clallam	WA		Oligocene?		?	WA0002			48.4289,-122.8753,,SCU	\|	,
Clallam Bay	Clallam	WA	Teredo Wood along seafront 8 to 30 km W			?	WA0003			48.2611,-124.2719,,MCU	\|	,
Clallam Bay	Clallam	WA	on Right side of bay neat navigation light			invertebrates-Pecten;vertebrates	WA0004			48.2611,-124.2719,,MCU	\|	,
Neah Bay	Clallam	WA	in Limestone concretions	Eocene	Twin River	Crabs - Branchioplax	WA0006			48.3781,-124.6131,,MCU	\|	,
Neah Bay	Clallam	WA		Oligocene?		?	WA0005			48.3781,-124.6131,,MCU	\|	,
Port Angeles	Clallam	WA	at Agate Beach Fossils. Fee in 1970s			invertebrates-cephalopods	WA0007			48.0986,-123.4058,,MCU	\|	,
Sequim Bay	Clallam	WA	on N side of Olympia Peninsula	Pleistocene		vertebrates	WA0008			48.0503,-123.0183,,MCU	\|	,
Slip Point(Clallam Bay)	Clallam	WA		Miocene	Clallam	whales-bones	WA0009				\|	,
Twin Post Office	Clallam	WA	2.5 km W in bluff	Oligocene		Turricula,Aforia,Galeodea,Nautiloids,Acmaea,bivalves,Pecten,Miopleiona	WA0010	Galeodea originally entered as Galodea			\|	,
West Twin Rivers	Clallam	WA	vertebrate fragments in concretions in sea cliffs to W	Oligocene		vertebrates-fragments	WA0011				\|	,
Wiley	Clark	WA	5 km S on Antanum Ridge			plants-wood-petrified	WA0013			46.5517,-120.6481,,MCU	\|	,
Castle Rock	Cowlitz	WA	30 km NE			wood(petrified)(drift)	WA0014			47.4194,-120.3569,,MCU	\|	,
Castle Rock	Cowlitz	WA	5 km W on Arkansas Creek	Eocene		invertebrates-bivalves-Pecten	WA0015			47.4194,-120.3569,,MCU	\|	,
Cowlitz River	Cowlitz	WA	in mudstones at 'Big Bend'			mollusks-Polinices,Turritella,Murex,Siphonalia,Galeodea,Ficopsis;cephalopods-Aturia	WA0016			46.6781,-121.5839,,MCU	\|	,
Inman[?]	Cowlitz	WA	2 km N of old Polson Logging Co. Store on Coal Creek	Eocene Upper		fossils	WA0017	Can't identify a town of Inman in Cowlitz County. Coal creek runs North from near Longview (46.1778N,-123.0307W) for about 20km to 46.2800N,-123.0857W. The only town shown by USGS is Coal Creek		46.22,-123.05,, A	\|	,
Palisades	Douglas	WA	6 km SW			plants-wood-petrified	WA0018			46.9544,-121.5886,,MCU	\|	,
Curlew	Ferry	WA	In hills above Kettle River N or White Creek 6 km N on WA4A	Triassic		fossils	WA0019			48.8856,-118.5983,,MCU	\|	,
Republic	Ferry	WA	at Stonerose center (Small fee. 3 specimen limit)	Eocene-Oligocene		plants,rare fish,rare insecta	WA0021			48.9964,-117.8289,,MCU	\|	,
Republic	Ferry	WA		Eocene	Klondike Mountain	plants	WA0020			48.9964,-117.8289,,MCU	\|	,
-	Franklin	WA	area exposures	Pliocene		fish,Reptilia,mammals-bones;	WA0028				\|	,
Lake Kahlotus	Franklin	WA	North of Lake Delight Fauna--Large mammal,fish,amphibian,and reptile fauna.	Pleistocene	Ringold	mammals,fish,Amphibia,Reptilia	WA0022				\|	,
Pasco	Franklin	WA	in Columbia river bluffs upstream	Pliocene		fish,Reptilia,mammals-bones;	WA0023			46.2200,-119.0250,,MCU	\|	,
Pasco	Franklin	WA	on Columbia River bluffs upstream. Ringold-Delight faunas -- mammal,fish,amphibia,Reptilia	Pliocene-Pleistocene	Ringold	mammals,Amphibia,Reptilia,fish	WA0024			46.2200,-119.0250,,MCU	\|	,
Ringold Flat	Franklin	WA		Pliocene (Blancan)	Ringold	mammals-Ursus	WA0025			46.5047,-119.2567,,SCU	\|	,
White Bluffs	Franklin	WA	At White Bluffs general field	Pliocene (Blancan)	Ringold	mammals-Ursus	WA0027			46.6736,-119.4600,,MCU	\|	,
White Bluffs	Franklin	WA			Ringold	mammals	WA0026			46.6736,-119.4600,,MCU	\|	,
Blue Lake	Grant	WA	In lava flow near Coulee City	Miocene		rhinoceras	WA0029	Mold of a Rhinoceras		48.5064,-120.6692,,MCU	\|	,
Mattawa	Grant	WA				plants-wood-petrified	WA0030			46.7381,-119.9017,,MCU	\|	,
Saddle Mountains	Grant	WA		Miocene		plants-wood(petrified)-Juglans	WA0032	Juglans=walnut		46.8069,-119.5567,,SCU	\|	,
Smyrna	Grant	WA	Along Saddle Mountain 15 km SE to 15 km SW			plants-wood-petrified	WA0033			46.8394,-119.6611,,MCU	\|	,
Aberdeen	Grays Harbor	WA	on E side of town on S side of 'Think-of-me Hill'	Miocene Upper		fossils	WA0034			46.9756,-123.8144,,MCU	\|	,
Aberdeen	Grays Harbor	WA	on bluff on Wishkah River in bluff on Grand Forks Road	Miocene		invertebrates-bivalves-gastropods	WA0035			46.9756,-123.8144,,MCU	\|	,
Cape Elizabeth	Grays Harbor	WA		Miocene Upper		fossils	WA0036				\|	,
Hoquiam	Grays Harbor	WA	2 km ?N on road to Copalis in road cut on W	Miocene Upper		invertebrates-bivalves-gastropods	WA0037			46.9967,-123.8847,,MCU	\|	,
Hoquiam	Grays Harbor	WA	in bluff in back of Lincoln School	Miocene Upper		Scutella	WA0038	poorly preserved fossils		46.9967,-123.8847,,MCU	\|	,
Lankner Creek	Grays Harbor	WA	along creek	Oligocene		fossils	WA0039	Lankner is at 46d54.73mN,123d19.26mW. Lankner Creek might be the small,nameless creek to its West		46.9122,-123.3208,,A	\|	,
Lankner[?] Creek	Grays Harbor	WA	in several bluffs 5 km to 8 km upstream from RR crossing	Oligocene		fossils	WA0040	Lankner is at 46d54.73mN,123d19.26mW. Lankner Creek might be the small,nameless creek to its West		46.9122,-123.3208,,A	\|	,
Montesano	Grays Harbor	WA	2 km W in bluff on Chehalis Logging Co road good fossils	Miocene Lower		fossils	WA0041			46.9814,-123.6014,,MCU	\|	,
Montesano	Grays Harbor	WA	on E branch of Clemens in exposures along logging road in nw1/4 s28t17nr7w roughly 1km SE of South Montesano at 46.9305 -123.5637	Miocene Lower		invertebrates-bivalves-gastropods	WA0042			46.9305, -123.5637, s28t17nr7w	\|	,
Oakville	Grays Harbor	WA	16 km W in area streambeds and road cuts			clams-silicified;bivalves-silicified	WA0043			46.8406,-123.2311,,MCU	\|	,
Otter P.O.[?]	Grays Harbor	WA	11 km N in Wynoochee River banks	Miocene Upper		invertebrates	WA0044	Otter doesn't have a ZIP code and doesn't show up on USGS Maps. The mouth of the Wynoochee River is at 46.9618N,-123.6091W		46.9618,-123.6091,,A	\|	,
Point Grenville	Grays Harbor	WA	1.5 km N in area exposures	Miocene Upper		invertebrates-cephalopods	WA0045			48.725734,-122.333929,,CU	\|	,
Porter	Grays Harbor	WA	Cliffs and cuts on WA12 in sandstone/mudstone	Oligocene		gastropods,crabs,invertebrates	WA0046			46.9828,-123.2444,,MCU	\|	,
Porter	Grays Harbor	WA	in cuts and cliffs in sandstone-mudstone beds along WA12	Oligocene		crabs,mollusks	WA0047			46.9828,-123.2444,,MCU	\|	,
Silvia Creek	Grays Harbor	WA	in conglomerate along creek s32t18nr7w Near Sylvia Lake? 47.0039 -123.5848	Miocene Upper		invertebrates-bivalves-gastropods	WA0048			47.0039, -123.5848, s32t18nr7w	\|	,
South Elma	Grays Harbor	WA	6.5 km W in Chehalis River bank at Milepost 37	Miocene Upper		fossils	WA0049			46.9814,-123.4122,,SCU	\|	,
South Elma	Grays Harbor	WA	7 km W in RR cut at culvert 38E	Miocene Upper		fossils	WA0050			46.9814,-123.4122,,SCU	\|	,
Whidbey Island in Puget Sound	Island	WA	on W side	Pleistocene		vertebrates	WA0051				\|	,
Oak Bay	Jefferson	WA	N half in cliff	Oligocene		fossils	WA0052			47.9897,-122.7067,,MCU	\|	,
Columbia City-Seattle	King	WA	6 blocks W of city hall	Oligocene		fossils	WA0053				\|	,
Georgetown-South Seattle	King	WA	in RR cut S of Seattle Brewing Co	Oligocene		invertebrates-cephalopods	WA0054				\|	,
Issaquah	King	WA	Tiger Mountain at abandoned coal mine in Tiger Mountain State Forest Land			plants-Amber	WA0055	small pieces of amber	eMail from Raymond Lasmanis, DNR Geologist	47.5333,-122.0078,,MCU	\|	,
Lake Sammamish	King	WA	2 km W	Oligocene		invertebrates-cephalopods	WA0056			47.5603,-122.0589,,MCU	\|	,
Seattle	King	WA	300 meters S of Alki Point in shales	Oligocene		invertebrates-bivalves-gastropods	WA0057			47.9644,-121.8986,,MCU	\|	,
Restoration Point	Kitsap	WA	on N side	Oligocene		fossils	WA0058			47.5839,-122.4778,,SCU	\|	,
Ellensburg	Kittitas	WA	NW on Middle fork of Teanaway River in sandstone cliffs			plants-oak,ash	WA0059			46.9967,-120.5467,,MCU	\|	,
Ellensburg	Kittitas	WA	in large area half way between Ellensburg and Naches			plants-wood-petrified	WA0060			46.9967,-120.5467,,MCU	\|	,
Vantage	Kittitas	WA	At Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park			plants-wood(petrified)- Ginkgo,Redwood,Maple,Douglas_Fir,Oak	WA0120		http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0803.htm	46.9456,-119.9861,,MCU	\|	,
Vantage	Kittitas	WA				Plants Celtis	WA0061			46.9456,-119.9861,,MCU	\|	,
Bickleton	Klickitat	WA	Regional exposures 10 km W and to N			plants-wood-petrified	WA0062			45.9981,-120.2994,,MCU	\|	,
-	Lewis	WA		Miocene	Wilkes	Mammals-coprolites	WA0070				\|	,
Gries Ranch	Lewis	WA	type locality of Gries Ranch beds	Oligocene	Gries Ranch	marine fossils	WA0063				\|	,
Lincoln Creek Station	Lewis	WA	at bridge over Lincoln Creek	Oligocene		invertebrates-cephalopods	WA0064				\|	,
Lincoln Creek Station	Lewis	WA	in RR cut 1 km W	Oligocene		invertebrates-cephalopods	WA0065				\|	,
Pe Ell Station	Lewis	WA	NW at Chehalis River bridge NE of power station	Tertiary		invertebrates-cephalopods	WA0066				\|	,
Vader	Lewis	WA	In sandy shales 2 km E in sandy shales along Cowlitz River	Eocene Upper		invertebrates-cephalopods	WA0067			46.4028,-122.9592,,MCU	\|	,
Vader	Lewis	WA	at ledge above junction of Olequa and Stillwater Creeks s32t11nr3w Appears to be near the headwaters of Black Creek near 46.3935,-123.6850	Eocene Upper		invertebrates-cephalopods	WA0068			46.3935,-123.6850, s32t11nr3w	\|	,
Vader	Lewis	WA	in banks of Olequa and Stillwater Creeks fossils in sandstones and shales	Tertiary		fossils	WA0069			46.4028,-122.9592,,MCU	\|	,
Mazama	Okanogan	WA	about half way between Mazama and Winthrop			ferns	WA0031			48.5922,-120.4028,,MCU	\|	,
Twisp	Okanogan	WA	N of road junction about 6 km E			invertebrates-cephalopods-ammonoidea	WA0071			48.4633,-120.5997,,MCU	\|	,
Gray's River	Pacific	WA	4 km up Hull Creek	Oligocene		fossils	WA0072				\|	,
Gray's River	Pacific	WA	4.8km below(?) junction with Blaney Creek in dark tuffaceous shale	Oligocene		fossils	WA0073				\|	,
Green Creek	Pacific	WA	in exposures 1 km up from Willapa River	Oligocene		invertebrates-cephalopods	WA0074			47.8853,-123.4744,,MCU	\|	,
Knappton	Pacific	WA	in bluff on N bank of Columbia River behind Knappton Lumber Co mill	Oligocene		invertebrates-cephalopods	WA0075			46.2767,-123.8136,,SCU	\|	,
Leban Station	Pacific	WA	at Northern Pacific RR bridge	Oligocene		invertebrates	WA0076				\|	,
Naselle	Pacific	WA	4 km E in bank of Naselle River	Oligocene		fossils	WA0077			46.4742,-123.6150,,MCU	\|	,
Nemah P.O.	Pacific	WA	6.5 km E at bridge over Nemah River in shales interbedded with basalt			invertebrates-cephalopods	WA0078				\|	,
Raymond	Pacific	WA	along Willapa River E and W of Leban			clams-silicified	WA0079			46.6686,-123.6911,,MCU	\|	,
Willipa Hills	Pacific	WA	in road cuts on old logging roads and other area exposures in shales,siltstones and concretions	Oligocene	Lincoln Creek	plants,crustacea,wood(petrified)	WA0080				\|	,
-	Pend Oreille	WA	In Middle Cambrian limestone	Cambrian	Metaline Limestone	trilobites-Bathyuriscus,Elrathia,Elrathina,Kootenia,Ogygopsis,Olenoides,Pagetia,Poliella,Ptychoparella,Albertella?	WA0081			48.8663,-117.3721,,GA4	\|	,
Metaline Falls	Pend Oreille	WA	in quarries of Lehigh Portland Cement Co 1 km SE	Cambrian		trilobites,brachiopods	WA0083			48.8527,-117.3499,,GA0	\|	,
Metaline Falls	Pend Oreille	WA				invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobites	WA0082	distorted trilobites in Limestone		48.8663,-117.3721,,GA3	\|	,
Sucia Island	San Juan	WA		Cretaceous	Cedar District	cephalopods Desmophyllites	WA0084			48.7544,-122.9158,,MCU	\|	,
Clear Lake	Skagit	WA	9 km W of Eastern Washington University at USAF Recreation Area	Cambrian Middle		invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobites	WA0085			47.2983,-120.3000,,MCU	\|	,
Cathcart Station	Snohomish	WA	1 km N in RR cut	Oligocene		invertebrates-cephalopods	WA0086				\|	,
Clear Lake Military Recreation Area	Spokane	WA		Cambrian Middle		trilobites-Amecephalus,Glossopleura,Zacanthoides	WA0087				\|	,
Opportunity	Spokane	WA	to S	Miocene	Latah	plants	WA0088			47.6153,-117.2492,,MCU	\|	,
Spokane	Spokane	WA	area road cuts	Miocene	Latah	plants	WA0089			47.6861,-117.4367,,MCU	\|	,
Addy	Stevens	WA	nearby in type section of Addy Quartzite	Cambrian Lower	Addy Quartzite	Nevadia,Olenellus	WA0090			48.3561,-117.8364,,MCU	\|	,
Rice	Stevens	WA	4 km E of McKern Road on King Road	Ordovician		graptolites - Phyllograptus,Didymograptus	WA0091			46.8819,-118.7658,,MCU	\|	,
Helsing Junction	Thurston	WA	2 km E	Eocene	Chuckanut	invertebrates-cephalopods	WA0092			46.8061,-123.1208,,MCU	\|	,
Tono	Thurston	WA	16 km NE of Centralia. Area deposits to E			plants-wood-petrified	WA0093			46.7761,-122.8228,,SCU	\|	,
Elochoman River	Wahkiakum	WA	in W bank of River s35t10Nr5w and 100 meters S in nodules Probably S35t10Nr6W at 46.3086 -123.2659	Miocene Lower		Arca	WA0094			46.3086, -123.2659, s35t10Nr5w	\|	,
Fossil Creek	Wahkiakum	WA	in S10t6wr10N,s11t6wr10n near a log dam In area of several small unnamed tributaries of North Fork of Elochoman River at East end of Huckleberry Ridge 46.3689N -123.2793 Topo	Oligocene		invertebrates-cephalopods	WA0095			46.3689, -123.2793, S10t6wr10N/s11t6wr10n	\|	,
Lewis-Cowlitz	Wahkiakum	WA	in Lower Cowlitz River-Willapa Hills region. Cowlitz Fm (Olequa creek member). Well known megafaunas	Eocene	Cowlitz	invertebrates-mollusks	WA0096				\|	,
McDonald Creek	Wahkiakum	WA	3 km above Middle fork of Wilson Creek	Oligocene		fossils	WA0097			48.1256,-123.2219,,MCU	\|	,
Skamokawa River	Wahkiakum	WA	3 km up Middle fork from junction with main river	Oligocene		invertebrates-cephalopods	WA0098				\|	,
Wilson Creek	Wahkiakum	WA	in bluff on branch in s36t10nr6w near Wilson Creek a few hundred meters upstream from East end of East Valley 46.3069 -123.3653	Oligocene		fossils	WA0099			46.3069, -123.3653, s36t10nr6w	\|	,
Bellingham	Whatcom	WA	12.5lm S of Bellingham on WA11	Eocene		plants-palms,horsetails,leaves,Sequoia needles,wood(petrified)	WA0101			48.7597,-122.4869,,MCU	\|	,
Bellingham	Whatcom	WA	Along Chuckanut Drive S of Bellingham about 1-3 km N of Oyster Bar Restaurant in road cuts	Eocene	Chuckanut?	palms,ferns,leaves	WA0102			48.7597,-122.4869,,MCU	\|	,
Bellingham	Whatcom	WA	Burrard,Kitsilano to N and contemporaneous Chuckanut Formation to S	Cretaceous-Eocene	Burrard\|Chuckanut	palms,Metasequoia,Glyptostrobus,Willow,Planatus,ferns,horsetails	WA0103	Planatus is a species name,not a genus?		48.7597,-122.4869,,MCU	\|	,
Bellingham	Whatcom	WA	good plants 11 km S on WA11 in sandstone,mudstone,shale	Eocene	Chuckanut	palms,horsetails,deciduous_trees,sequoia	WA0100			48.7597,-122.4869,,MCU	\|	,
Bellingham	Whatcom	WA	in banks of Olequa and Stillwater Creeks in sandstones and shales	Tertiary		fossils	WA0104			48.7597,-122.4869,,MCU	\|	,
Maple Falls	Whatcom	WA	Burrard,Kitsilano to N and contemporaneous Chuckanut Formation to S	Cretaceous-Eocene	Burrard\|Chuckanut	plants	WA0105			46.7567,-121.6617,,MCU	\|	,
Maple Falls	Whatcom	WA	Silurian- Lower Devonian corals in Doaks[?] Quarry N of border in BC	Silurian-Devonian		bryozoa,brachiopods	WA0106	This possibly should to be listed as British Columbia,but Maple Falls is some distance from the border?		46.7567,-121.6617,,MCU	\|	,
Nooksack River	Whatcom	WA	On Middle Fork,Excellent plants from	Eocene	Chuckanut	?	WA0107			48.8342,-122.1536,,MCU	\|	,
Racehorse Creek	Whatcom	WA	Excellent plants from	Eocene	Chuckanut	?	WA0108			48.8883,-122.1433,,SCU	\|	,
Belmont	Whitman	WA	In old quarry			plants-wood-petrified	WA0109			47.0881,-117.1614,,SCU	\|	,
Sunnyside	Yakima	WA	20 km N at Anderson Ranch			plants-wood-petrified	WA0111			48.0347,-122.1111,,MCU	\|	,
Sunnyside	Yakima	WA				plants-wood-petrified	WA0110			48.0347,-122.1111,,MCU	\|	,
Yakima	Yakima	WA	Along Yakima Ridge 10 km to 60 km E of town			plants-wood-petrified	WA0112			46.5325,-120.5103,,MCU	\|	,

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