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Private gold camp in the Alabama Piedmont offering creek panning and dredging in controlled sections of area streams.
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Use this page as your Alabama rockhounding map — Alabama has 98 rockhounding sites in our directory, including 2 quartz & crystals, 80 fossils, 3 gold & minerals, 13 other. Use rockhounding sites near me for live distance sorting or browse by city.
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By specimen type: Fossils (80) · Gold & Minerals (3) · Other (13)
Our Alabama rockhounding map lists 98 cataloged sites with GPS, fees, and specimen types at /states/alabama/. Filter by type or use near-me GPS sorting from your location.
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Specimens vary by region — browse the Alabama map for quartz, agate, geodes, fossils, and gems. Each listing notes primary targets and access rules.
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Private gold camp in the Alabama Piedmont offering creek panning and dredging in controlled sections of area streams.
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Quartz veins and pegmatite float occur on slopes of Cheaha Mountain, Alabama's highest point, within Cheaha State Park boundaries.
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Graves Mountain is a world-famous metamorphic mineral locality in east Alabama known for rutile crystals and lazulite on pyrophyllite matrix.
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Commercial cave near Sylacauga displays active calcite formations in marble host rock of the Alabama Piedmont.
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Fossil collection site in the “lower” and “middle” Lisbon, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Little Oak, Shelby County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Ripley, Lowndes County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Little Oak, Shelby County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Moodys Branch, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Odenville, Shelby County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Longview, Shelby County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Tallahatta, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Moodys Branch, Clarke County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Moodys Branch, Conecuh County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Tallahatta, Conecuh County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Lisbon, Geneva County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Mooreville Chalk, Greene County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Mooreville Chalk, Greene County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Mooreville Chalk, Greene County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Agusta Mine/Stockdale Mine is a historic mining site in Cleburne, Alabama, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Iron, Pyrolusite.
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Private gold camp in the Alabama Piedmont offering creek panning and dredging in controlled sections of area streams.
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Fossil collection site in the Chickasawhay Limestone, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Red Bluff Clay, Monroe County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Mooreville Chalk, Pickens County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Augusta Mines is a historic mining site in Cleburne, Alabama, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Cobalt, Pyrolusite.
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Fossil collection site in the Lisbon, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Bashi, Alabama. Environment: offshore indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Basilosaurus Cetoides is a documented rockhounding destination in AL. Collectors visit for mixed minerals and rocks and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Fossil collection site, Dallas County, Alabama. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Jefferson County, Alabama. Environment: reef, buildup or bioherm. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Tuscahoma, Monroe County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Mobile County, Alabama. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Gosport Sand, Monroe County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Lisbon, Monroe County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Ripley, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Eutaw, Macon County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Quartz veins and pegmatite float occur on slopes of Cheaha Mountain, Alabama's highest point, within Cheaha State Park boundaries.
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Fossil collection site in the Moodys Branch, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Lisbon, Clarke County, Alabama. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Lisbon, Clarke County, Alabama. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Escambia County, Alabama. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Eutaw, Dallas County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Dulin Mine is a historic mining site in Clay, Alabama, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Cobalt, Pyrolusite.
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Fossil collection site in the Prairie Bluff, Sumter County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Hatchetigbee, Coffee County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Dallas County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Graves Mountain is a world-famous metamorphic mineral locality in east Alabama known for rutile crystals and lazulite on pyrophyllite matrix.
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Fossil collection site, Greene County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Hematite is a documented rockhounding destination in AL. Collectors visit for mixed minerals and rocks and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Hogg Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near AL. Reported specimens include Mixed minerals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Horace Davis Prospect is a historic mining site in Calhoun, Alabama, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Iron, Pyrolusite.
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Hughes Prospect is a mineral prospect in Cherokee, Alabama, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Iron, Pyrolusite.
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Fossil collection site in the Prairie Bluff, Marengo County, Alabama. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Little Oak, St. Clair County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Clayton, Alabama. Environment: deep subtidal ramp. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Nanafalia, Marengo County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Nanafalia, Wilcox County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Nanafalia, Dale County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Porters Creek, Wilcox County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Gosport Sand, Clarke County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Nanafalia, Pike County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Marble is a documented rockhounding destination in AL. Collectors visit for mixed minerals and rocks and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Commercial cave near Sylacauga displays active calcite formations in marble host rock of the Alabama Piedmont.
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Fossil collection site in the Marianna Limestone, Washington County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Red Bluff, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Gosport Sand, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Gosport Sand, Clarke County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Newala, Shelby County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Nanafalia, Alabama. Environment: marginal marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Natural Bridge is a documented rockhounding destination in AL. Collectors visit for mixed minerals and rocks and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Fossil collection site in the Prairie Bluff, Sumter County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Copper Ridge Dolomite, Cherokee County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Prairie Bluff Chalk, Sumter County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Mooreville Chalk, Greene County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Alabama. Environment: marginal marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Jackson, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Cook Mountain, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Lisbon, Covington County, Alabama. Environment: estuary/bay. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Wilcox County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Pratt Ferry, Alabama. Environment: open shallow subtidal. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Naheola, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Naheola, Wilcox County, Alabama. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Wilcox County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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R. Stockdale Property is a historic mining site in Cherokee, Alabama, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Cobalt, Iron, Pyrolusite.
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Fossil collection site in the Odenville, St. Clair County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Byram, Monroeville County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Salt Mountain Limestone, Clarke County County, Alabama. Environment: reef, buildup or bioherm. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Star Blue Quartz is a documented rockhounding destination in AL. Collectors visit for quartz crystals, calcite and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Fossil collection site in the Yazoo, Clarke County, Alabama. Environment: foreshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Porters Creek, Sumter County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Tuscumbia Limestone, Madison County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Gosport, Monroe County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Chickasawhay, Clarke County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Chickasawhay Limestone, Wayne County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Clayton, Crenshaw County, Alabama. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Chickasawhay, Clarke County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Marianna Limestone, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Ripley, Barbour County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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USGS MR-60 Alabama No.7 Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Clay, Alabama, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Woodward Prospect is a mineral prospect in Talladega, Alabama, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Gold, Silver.
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