Michigan Fossil Sites

Location County State/Province Directions,Notes Age Formation Fossils Comments Reference Lat-Long
Au Train Falls Alger MI Ordovician Au Train ? MI0001
Miners Castle Alger MI Ordovician Au Train a few cephalopods and gastropods (1 species of each). MI0002
Pictured Rocks Alger MI at top of cliffs Ordovician Au Train ? MI0003
Trenary Alger MI S in road and RR cuts Ordovician Bony Falls mollusks,brachiopods,trilobites,ostracods MI0004
Lake Allegan Allegan MI In nodules of yellow Mississippian Marshall Sandstone brachiopods,corals,gastropods MI0005
Alpena Alpena MI Devonian Coral Prismatophyllum MI0006
Alpena Alpena MI 6 km S in se1/4s11t30nr8e Devonian Thunder Bay ? MI0007
Alpena Alpena MI 6.5km upriver near Four Mile Dam on River at Old Potter Farm Silurian Thunder Bay crinoids -Gilbertocrinus,Gennaeocrinus MI0008
Alpena Alpena MI Cemetery in bluff Devonian Thunder Bay rugose coral – Cylindrophyllum MI0009
Alpena Alpena MI In Devonian Dundee Limestone on spoil pits of Martin-Marietta company quarry 2 km E of US523 S of Alpena Rd between Sanford and Godkins Road[?] and SW of Wabash RR tracks. Devonian Dundee ? MI0010
Alpena Alpena MI In Devonian Ferron Point Formation in abandoned shale pit of Alpena Portland Cement Co 11.2km N Devonian Ferron Point Edrioasteroids – Krama. MI0011
Alpena Alpena MI In Michigan Alkali Company Quarry Devonian Alpena Limestone Cephalopods – Nephriticerina,Acleistoceras,Alpenoceras MI0012
Alpena Alpena MI In RR cut on E side of town Devonian Dock Street Clay Ostracods MI0013
Alpena Alpena MI In quarry at E end of town s13t31nr8e Devonian Genshaw|Newton Creek|Alpena ? MI0014
Alpena Alpena MI In quarry at E end of town se1/4s14t31nr8e Devonian Dock Street clay ? MI0015
Alpena Alpena MI In shale pit at Evergreen Cemetery Devonian Potter Farm Ostracods MI0016
Alpena Alpena MI In shale pit at WNW corner of cemetery s21t31nr8e Devonian Potter Farm ? MI0017
Alpena Alpena MI NE corner of Evergreen Cemetery Devonian Potter Farm Many fossils – Corals,a few blastoids,Crinoids rare – Megistocrinus,Gennaeocrinus,Synbathocrinus MI0018
Alpena Alpena MI Quarry (abandoned) of Thunder Bay Quarries Co Devonian Dock Street Clay Crinoids. Worked out. MI0019
Alpena Alpena MI in limestone Devonian Hamilton Fish-Ptyctodus MI0020
Bolton Alpena MI 2 km NW in RR cut and adjacent fields Devonian Alpena Limestone Ostracods MI0021
El Cajon Bay Alpena MI N of Alpena along Beach and in quarry dumps Pelecypods – Paracyclas MI0022
Ferron Point Alpena MI Stropheodonta,Phacops MI0023
Genshaw Alpena MI 13 km NE of Alpena in shale pit in se1/4s18t32N Devonian Ferron Point, Upper Ostracods MI0024
Huron Portland Cement Co Quarry Alpena MI Across Wessel road from Thunder Bay Quarry – Fossils in Genshaw,Newton Creek,Alpena,Dock Street formations Devonian Genshaw|Newton Creek|Alpena|Dock Street ? MI0025
Partridge Point Alpena MI Covered by housing – Fossils were collected from Limestone blocks fallen from banks. However,the blocks were washed away by a major storm and homeowners do not allow collecting because of erosion worries. Devonian Crinoids – Dolatocrinus,Megistocrinus,Blastoids,Lipsanocystis MI0026
Rockport Alpena MI Devonian Arthrodire -Protitanichthys; Trepostomata;bryozoa-Fenestrellina MI0027
Rockport Alpena MI 3.2km N of Rockport Quarry on beach Devonian Gastropods and cephalopods. MI0028
Rockport Alpena MI In abandoned quarry in s6t32nr9e Devonian Bell Shale|Rockport Quarry Limestone|Ferron Point bryozoa MI0029
Rockport Alpena MI In abandoned quarry of Kelley’s Is Lime and Transport Co Devonian Rockport Quarry Limestone|Ferron Point Ostracods MI0030
Rockport Alpena MI Quarry (abandoned) of Kelleys Island Lime and Transport Co – In Upper 2.5m of wall in Ferron Pt Formation shale,clay. At end of Rockport Rd E then N from US23 14 km N of Alpena. Devonian Hexagonaria and many other Fossils — crinoids,sponges,horn corals,brachiopods,tentaculites,trilobites,gastropods,cephalopods,chelicerates,pelecypods,arthrodire,Dinicthys bones. Lower Rockport Quarry Limestone is not fossiliferous. MI0031
Rockport Alpena MI Quarry (abandoned) of Kelleys Island Lime and Transport Co – greenish Bell shale in drainage ditch at NE end of quarry Devonian small exposure Small crinoid heads weathering out. MI0032
Sulphur Island Alpena MI Thunder Bay Devonian black petrified wood in waters around island MI0033
Thunder Bay River Alpena MI At Seven Point Dam (dam removed and exposure flooded by Norway Point Dam) Devonian Fossils MI0034
Thunder Bay River Alpena MI Below Norway Point Dam (Six Mile Dam,Seven Mile Dam) in bed and banks of River Devonian Norway Point Spinocyrtia,Ostracods MI0035
Thunder Bay River Alpena MI Broadwell’s Sawmill on Thunder Bay river – classic Four Mile Dam Formation site worked by Rominger and Grabau – now submerged Devonian ? MI0036
Thunder Bay River Alpena MI Four Mile Dam on Thunder Bay River – regional exposures Devonian ? MI0037
Thunder Bay River Alpena MI In Shale exposure on S bank 2 km downstream from Four Mile Dam (Also known as Fletcher Dam,Three Mile Dam,Broadwell’s Saw Mill) Devonian Norway Point Ostracods. MI0038
Thunder Bay River Alpena MI sites submerged by dam ? MI0039
Coldwater Branch MI area shale exposures Mooreoceras MI0040
Coldwater Branch MI at old Wolverine Portland Cement Co quarry Mississippian Coldwater Mooreoceras MI0041
Union Branch MI Mississippian Coldwater Shale ? MI0042
Union City Branch MI area exposures Mississippian Coldwater Cephalopods – Mooreoceras (pyrite) MI0043
Albion Calhoun MI N in quarry Pennsylvanian Parma Sandstone plants – Calamites MI0044
Albion Calhoun MI NE in area road cuts Pennsylvanian Parma Sandstone plants – Calamites MI0045
Battle Creek Calhoun MI area exposures Mississippian Marshall ? MI0046
Deveraux Calhoun MI S in RR Cut in s6t2sr3w2 Pennsylvanian Parma Sandstone plants – Calamites MI0047
Marshall Calhoun MI area exposures Mississippian Marshall pelecypods,cephalopods,ostracods,gastropods,brachiopods,a few trilobites MI0048
Marshall Calhoun MI in quarry Mississippian Marshall sandstone Mooreoceras MI0049
Beaver Island Charlevoix MI 1 km NE of CG station on shore Devonian Bois Blanc Limestone pelecypods MI0050
Charlevoix Charlevoix MI 1 km W in abandoned quarry Devonian Gravel Point corals MI0051
Charlevoix Charlevoix MI 3 km W IN,in ledges and bluffs along Lake Michigan shore (Type locality for Gravel Point Formation) Devonian Gravel Point corals MI0052
Charlevoix Charlevoix MI Area Quarries Devonian Ferron Point, Upper Ostracods MI0053
Norwood Charlevoix MI 2 km N along Lake Michigan shore at very low water Devonian Petoskey Ostracods MI0054
Norwood Charlevoix MI 2 km N on old road Devonian Petoskey Atrypa,Ostracods MI0055
Norwood Charlevoix MI 2-3 km N in ledges along Lake Michigan Devonian Petoskey corals MI0056
Trout Island Charlevoix MI S and W side of SE point of island Devonian Bois Blanc Limestone trilobites MI0057
– Charlevoix,Emmet MI In Middle Devonian Charlevoix Limestone-Petoskey,Gravel Point,Whiskey Creek,Norwood,Ellsworth formations. Devonian Corals Hexagonaria,Aulacophyllum,Heliophyllum,Aulopora,Favosites,Syringopora,Trachypora. Brachiopods – Athyris,Cyrtina,Leptaena,Mucrospirifer,Productella,Rhipidomella,Spinocyrtia. Mollusks Euomphalus,Pleurotomaria,Tentaculites. Aviculopecten MI0058
Afton Cheboygan MI 1 km W 4 km S along highway and in schoolyard corals MI0059
Afton Cheboygan MI In abandoned Campbell stone Co quarry coral – Favosites MI0060
Burt Lake Cheboygan MI along lake shore Devonian corals,Gastropods-Platyceras,cephalopods,trilobites MI0061
Cordell Chippewa MI 2 km SE in abandoned quarry of Scott Quarry Co Silurian Cordell brachiopods,corals MI0062
Drummond Island Chippewa MI Ordovician Richmond abundant fossils MI0069
Drummond Island Chippewa MI Silurian brachiopods -Pentameroides,coral – Favosites,Syringopora MI0063
Drummond Island Chippewa MI 5 km NNE of Poe Pt Ordovician Black River Limestone corals,crinoids,bryozoa,brachiopods,trilobites MI0064
Drummond Island Chippewa MI At Chippewa Pt Ordovician Richmond abundant fossils MI0065
Drummond Island Chippewa MI area exposure especially along North Shore of island abundant fossils MI0066
Lime Island Chippewa MI along shore of St Marys River Silurian Lime Island Dolomite corals and brachiopod molds MI0067
Raber Chippewa MI 3 km SE along old logging road Silurian Schoolcraft|Cordell Abundant corals stromatoporoids,brachiopods,cephalopods MI0068
Sault Pt Chippewa MI on South shore of Whitefish Bay Ordovician Au Train gastropods (1 genus) MI0070
Sault St Marie Chippewa MI S at West Neebish Channel in material blasted from channel Ordovician Trenton diverse fossils -trilobites,cephalopods. Scyphozoa,brachiopods,bryozoa,corals MI0071
Scotts Quarry Chippewa MI s29t44nr4w Silurian Manistique Actinoceras,Huroniella,Huronia MI0072
St Johns Clinton MI NE in pit on E side of Scott Rd fossils MI0073
– Delta MI In s12t41nr21w,s7t41nr20w Ordovician Bills Creek 1 graptolite,1 echinoderm,3 bryozoa,5 brachiopods,3 trilobites,3 ostracods MI0106
Bark River Delta MI 3 km N Ordovician Chandler Falls? gastropods MI0074
Bay de Noc Delta MI corals – Streptelasma,Columnaria MI0075
Bay de Noc Delta MI on E side at Burnt Bluff 15 km SW of Garden Village Silurian Manistique Hendricks–Byron dolomites — a few brachiopods,corals,stromatoporoids,ostracods MI0076
Bay de Noc Delta MI on E side at Burnt Bluff 15 km SW of Garden Village Silurian Manistique|Hendricks|Byron dolomites a few brachiopods,corals,stromatoporoids,ostracods MI0077
Bony Falls Delta MI On Escanaba River in T41nr24w Ordovician Bony Falls Gastropods,corals,brachiopods,trilobites,pelecypod,cephalopods,ostracods MI0078
Bony Falls Delta MI S1t41nr24w in Limestone near hydroelectric power plant on Escanaba River Ordovician Maclurites,Endoceras to 1 meters,fucoids,Strophomena,Stromatocerium,crinoid fragments,Eoleperditia,Ctenodonta,Orthis,Pterygometopus,Foerstephyllum MI0079
Bony Falls Delta MI on Escanaba River in T41nr24w Ordovician Bony Falls Gastropods,corals,brachiopods,trilobites,pelecypod,cephalopods,ostracods MI0080
Chandler Falls Delta MI 5 km N of Escanaba t39nr22wt Ordovician Chandler Falls Gastropods,brachiopods,trilobites,pelecypod,crinoids,bryozoa,corals,sponges,plants MI0081
Cornell Delta MI 12 km SW Ordovician Groos Quarry Gastropods,brachiopods,trilobites,pelecypod,crinoids,bryozoa MI0082
Cornell Delta MI 2.2 km E on Escanaba River Ordovician Trenton Gastropods,brachiopods MI0083
Cornell Delta MI 400 meters N of concrete bridge over Escanaba River Ordovician Trenton 48 species – Phycodes,Streptelasma,Prasopora,Cornulites,Catazyga,Cyclospira,Plesiomys[?],Leptaena,Hesperorthis,Sowerbyella,Platystrophia,Rafinesquina,Rhynchotrema,Strophomena MI0084 No citations for ‘Plesiomys’ or anything remotely similar (apparently a brachiopod?) 050603
Escanaba Delta MI 5 km N at Chandler Falls along Escanaba River in Limestone and shale bluffs Ordovician 54 species of invertebrates MI0085
Escanaba Delta MI 5 km N at Chandler Falls along Escanaba River in Limestone outcrop Ordovician Trenton Pleurocystites,Edrioaster MI0086
Escanaba Delta MI 8 km N s1t39nr23w at Groos Quarry Ordovician Groos Quarry Gastropods,brachiopods,trilobites,pelecypod,crinoids,bryozoa MI0087
Escanaba Delta MI 8 km N s1t39nr23w at Groos Quarry then 400 meters NW on island in Escanaba River Ordovician Groos Quarry Pelecypods,brachiopods MI0088
Fayette State Park Delta MI Silurian Hendricks Conodonts, Microvertebrates-fish scales-Loganellia,Valyalepis,Zuegelepis MI0209 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3790/is_199907/ai_n8855647
Ford River Delta MI In bed of river in s5t38nr23w Ordovician Groos Quarry a few brachiopods,Scyphozoa MI0089
Groos Delta MI 8 km N of Escanaba at Richler Quarry Ordovician 26 species,Whitella MI0090 Presumably one of the several quarries around the mouth of Richler Creek near 45.8029N,87.0953W
Groos Delta MI At paper mill in limestones at small island in the Escanaba River Whitella MI0091
Haymeadow Creek Delta MI along Haymeadow Creek nw1/4s19t42nr20w Ordovician Haymeadow Creek fossils MI0092
Haymeadow Creek Delta MI s19t42nr20w Ordovician Bills Creek Bills Creek faunas MI0093
Haymeadow Creek Delta MI s2,s19t42nr40w Silurian Bills Creek abundant Lingula,Clidophorus,Dalmanella MI0094
Hinkin’s Hill[?] Delta MI N for 5 km along road Ordovician Richmond corals,stromatoporoids,Calapoecia,Halysites,Columnaria,Beatricea MI0095 Original says Silurian. Can’t identify a ‘Hinkin’s Hill’ in Delta County
Isabella Delta MI 2.5 km W in roadside ditch SE corner of s35t41nr19w Silurian Moss Lake a few poor brachiopods and crinoid columnals MI0096
Little Bay de Noc Delta MI In area road cuts Silurian Bills Creek graptolites,Leptobolus MI0097
Little Bay de Noc Delta MI In road cut in nw1/4s24t39nr22w Ordovician Stonington abundant fossils MI0098
Little Bay de Noc Delta MI along E shore Silurian Bills Creek graptolites,Leptobolus MI0099
Little Bay de Noc Delta MI along South shore in se1/4s26t39nr22w Ordovician Stonington abundant fossils MI0100
Little Bay de Noc Delta MI along shore in s14t39nr22w+s23t39nr22w Ordovician Bills Creek|Stonington abundant fossils MI0101
Manistique Delta MI 35 km SW 13 km NE of Pt Detour in Limestone Silurian Discosorus MI0102
Perkins Delta MI 500 meters W in s5t41nr22w Ordovician Groos Quarry crinoid plates,other Groos Quarry fossils MI0103
Rapid River Delta MI E in bed of Rapid River Ordovician Trenton Mollusks,brachiopods,trilobites,bryozoa MI0104
Stonington Peninsula Delta MI brachiopods MI0105
Breen Mine Dickinson MI S22T39NR28W at top of mine in ledges Cambrian Munising Trilobite fragments MI0107
Iron Mountain Dickinson MI North side of Pewabic Mine Cambrian Munising Trilobites,phosphatic brachiopods MI0108
Waucedah Dickinson MI 1 km N in ledges on N side of US2 Cambrian Munising Trilobites,phosphatic brachiopods MI0109
Grand Ledge Eaton MI 2 km N Pennsylvanian plants in clay quarry. Pennsylvanian Calamites,Sigillaria,Alethopteris,Sphenopteris,Cordaites,Annularia,Neuropteris,Asterophyllites,Codaianthus[?],Cardiocarpon MI0110 No citations for ‘Codaianthus’ or some plausible misspellings 050603
Grand Ledge Eaton MI In Pennsylvanian shales in area exposures Pennsylvanian plants MI0111
Grand Ledge Eaton MI In area outcrops Pennsylvanian Saginaw many plants,brachiopods,gastropods,cephalopods,a few trilobites and ostracods,a few fish. MI0112
Grand Ledge Eaton MI In outcrops and quarries along Grand River. Pennsylvanian Saginaw many plants,brachiopods,gastropods,cephalopods,a few trilobites and ostracods,a few fish. MI0113
Grand Ledge Eaton MI In pits in NW1/4t4Nr52 area outcrops Pennsylvanian Saginaw many plants,brachiopods,gastropods,cephalopods,a few trilobites and ostracods,a few fish. MI0114
Bay Shore Emmet MI In abandoned quarries and extending into Charlevoix County Devonian Charlevoix|Petoskey corals MI0115
Bay View Emmet MI 2 km E in Kegomic quarry on S shore of Mud Lake just E of Harbor Springs Rd Gypidula,Corals MI0116
Bay View Emmet MI 2 km W in quarry on S shore of Mud Lake on US31 just E of Harbor Springs Rd Devonian Petoskey Ostracods MI0117
Bay View Emmet MI In ledges on Little traverse Bay at Pennsylvania RR station above Blue Shale Devonian Gravel Point corals MI0118
Bay View Emmet MI On Little Traverse Bay near old Pennsylvania RR depot at junction of Development Ave and MI31 Devonian Gravel Point Ostracods MI0119
Bay View Emmet MI On S shore of Mud Lake on MI131 about 1 km N of termination se1/4sw1/4s27t35nr5w Devonian Petoskey Gypidula MI0120
Bear Creek Emmet MI In Buff Limestone at Little Traverse Bay corals – Cylindrophyllum MI0121
Petoskey Emmet MI 3 km W in sw1/4s2 + se1/4s3t34nr6w Devonian Gravel Point fossils MI0122
Petoskey Emmet MI 4 km NE in quarry ne1/4nw1/4s34t35nr5w about 400 meters SE of crossing of Pere Marquette RR W of US31 Gypidula,Hexagonaria MI0123
Petoskey Emmet MI Abandoned Northern Lime Co quarry on Little Traverse Bay on Eastern part of Petoskey Devonian ? MI0124
Petoskey Emmet MI Abandoned Superior Quarry of Northern Lime Co near Nine Mile Point Devonian ? MI0125
Petoskey Emmet MI Along Lake Michigan shore from Charlevoix to Petoskey at Little Traverse Bay Devonian ? MI0126
Petoskey Emmet MI In Portland Cement Company Quarry 3 km W of Petoskey in Devonian Gravel Point 40 species of corals,brachiopods – Spinocyrtia,pelecypods,nautiloids,a few trilobites. MI0127
Petoskey Emmet MI In area beach gravels Corals (Petoskey stones) MI0128
Petoskey Emmet MI In quarry on Little Traverse Bay s32t35nr5w Devonian Charlevoix ? MI0129
Petoskey Emmet MI Kegonic[?] Quarry between US31 and MI131 1.6km E of –Bay View between Pickerel Rd and Penn RR Devonian ? MI0130 Can’t identify a Kegonic Quarry near Petoskey. There are a number of quarries. Very likely,many contain fossils.
Hillsdale Hillsdale MI In Germain’s[?] quarry Mooreoceras MI0131
Moscow Hillsdale MI In nw1/4 nw1/4 s4 Jefferson Township Mississippian Marshall ? MI0132
Moscow Hillsdale MI In sw1/4 sw1/4 s26 Allen Township Mississippian Marshall ? MI0133
Bay Port Huron MI In J O Burroughs and Son Quarry. Mississippian fossils MI0134
Flat Rock Pt Huron MI 2 km SW at Hardwood Pt Mississippian Marshall Sandstone Mooreoceras MI0135
Grindstone City Huron MI In grindstone quarries Mississippian Marshall ? MI0136
Pointe Aux Barques Huron MI In grindstone quarries Mississippian Marshall ? MI0137
Pointe Aux Barques Huron MI near lighthouse Mississippian Coldwater cephalopods MI0138
Au Gres River Iosco MI Mississippian Marshall Sandstone Allorisma,Imitoceras MI0139
Au Gres River Iosco MI In limestones Mississippian pelecypods MI0140
Columbia Jackson MI area exposures Mississippian Marshall ? MI0141
Hanover Jackson MI In quarry 4 km SW in quarry in ne1/4s31t4sr2w Mississippian Marshall clams,crinoids,nautiloids,ammonoids,ostracods MI0142
Jackson Jackson MI 8 km S along US127 in glacial esker, 1200 meters E in gravel pit Mississippian Marshall pelecypods,cephalopods,ostracods,gastropods,brachiopods,a few trilobites MI0143
Jackson Jackson MI 8 km S in road cut and gravel pit W of junction of Meyers and Wetherby Roads Mississippian Marshall pelecypods,cephalopods,ostracods,gastropods,brachiopods,a few trilobites MI0144
Jackson Jackson MI along hwy between Lansing and Jackson 500 meters S of Bentley Corners Pennsylvanian Parma Sandstone plants – Calamites MI0145
Jackson Jackson MI area exposures and shale pits Pennsylvanian Plants — Calamites MI0146
Napoleon Jackson MI In RR cut 5 km N Mississippian Marshall ? MI0147
Parma Jackson MI NE in quarry in nw1/4s29t2sr2w Pennsylvanian Parma Sandstone plants – Calamites MI0148
Parma Jackson MI NNE along road in s27t2sr2w Pennsylvanian Parma Sandstone plants – Calamites MI0149
Parma Jackson MI Poorly preserved Pennsylvanian Fossils in Parma Formation. Pennsylvanian Parma ? MI0150
Rives Junction Jackson MI area exposures and shale pits Pennsylvanian Plants Pennsylvanian Calamites MI0151
North Fox Island Leelanau MI Devonian Bois Blanc Limestone Pelecypods MI0152
Manistique Lake Luce MI 2 km N 150 meters N of hwy 98 Silurian Manitoulin dolomite a few corals,brachiopods,trilobites MI0153
Newberry Luce MI In material in gravel pits Ordovician Collingwood 3 trilobites,3 graptolites,4 brachiopods,1 cephalopod MI0154
Allenville Mackinac MI 1.2 km S in rock pile of Mackinac Breccia Devonian Bois Blanc Limestone pelecypods MI0155
Big St Martin Is (in Lake Huron) Mackinac MI along shore in Mackinac breccia Devonian Bois Blanc Limestone pelecypods MI0156
Gould City Mackinac MI 1 km S in rock piles along fences Silurian Ormoceras MI0157
Hendrick’s Quarry Mackinac MI Silurian Burnt Bluff Ormoceras,Discosorus,Stokesoceras MI0158
Hendrick’s Quarry Mackinac MI In nw1/4s6t44nr8w and ne1/4s1t44nr9w Silurian Hendricks dolomite ostracods,corals,brachiopods,trilobites MI0159
Hunt’s Spur Mackinac MI 1 km N sw1/4s7t42nr12w Silurian Manistique Actinoceras MI0160
Raber Mackinac MI In area quarries silicified corals MI0161
St Ignace Mackinac MI 2 km NE in cliff on N side of Cheesman Rd Devonian pelecypods MI0162
Austin Mine #2 Marquette MI ne1/4ne1/4sw1/4s20t48nr25w Ordovician Au Train a few cephalopods (1 species) MI0163
Ishpeming Marquette MI In area mines material used for cutting and polished Silicified stromatolites MI0164
Ishpeming Marquette MI at Empire Mine Proterozoic Negaunee Grypania MI0165
Marquette Marquette MI In area mines material used for cutting and polished Silicified stromatolites MI0166
Marquette Marquette MI Upper Peninsula Proterozoic stromatolites MI0167
Negaunee Marquette MI In area mines material used for cutting and polished Silicified stromatolites MI0168
Republic Marquette MI In area mines material used for cutting and polished Silicified stromatolites MI0169
Harris Menominee MI 1 km E in roadside exposure in s12t38nr25w Ordovician Trenton pelecypods MI0170
Spalding Menominee MI 1.2 km NW Ordovician Bony Falls Brachiopods,cephalopods MI0171
Spalding Menominee MI 500 meters NW on US2 Ordovician Bony Falls Brachiopods MI0172
Wilson Menominee MI 3 km ESE Ordovician Chandler Falls, Upper a few brachiopods and gastropods MI0173
– Monroe MI In dolomite outcrops. Generally unfossiliferous,but some horizons fossiliferous Paleozoic Monroe brachiopods – Spirifer,Meristella,Nucleospira,gastropods,a few crinoids,corals,bryozoa. Very rarely mollusks. MI0181
Bedford Township Monroe MI at Little Sink and Little Lake in area quarries Paleozoic Monroe Retzia MI0174
Dundee Quarry Monroe MI In Limestone Atrypa,Spirifer,Orthis,Stropheodonta,Paracyclas,Conocardium,Pleuronotus,Phacops,Proetus,Dalmanites,Stromatopora,Zaphrentis,Heliophyllum,Favosites MI0175
Macon Quarry Monroe MI in Limestone Atrypa,Spirifer,Orthis,Stropheodonta,Paracyclas,Conocardium,Pleuronotus,Phacops,Proetus,Dalmanites,Stromatopora,Stictopora,Zaphrentis,Heliophyllum,Favosites MI0176
Maybee Monroe MI Crystalline Sulfur and Sylvania sandstone with internal gastropod and brachiopod molds. Quarry now closed. Devonian ? MI0177
Ottawa Lake Monroe MI In old Daniels Quarry at head of Lake Pterinea MI0178
Petersburg Monroe MI 10 km SSE in abandoned Cummins Quarry Devonian Detroit River pelecypods MI0179
Plum Creek Monroe MI In dolomite quarries Goniophora MI0180
Pontiac Oakland MI In Pennsylvanian La Salle Formation Crinoids – Erisocrinus,Caucacrocrinus,Clathocrinus MI0182
Holland Ottawa MI Mississippian Marshall ? MI0183
Black Lake Presque Isle MI In quarry on shore Devonian Ferron Point Ostracods MI0184
Calcite Presque Isle MI In area quarries in 10 sections i.e. SE part of t35nr5e Devonian Dundee fossil corals MI0185
Calcite Presque Isle MI In dump pile of Michigan Limestone Co Quarry Devonian Bell Shale Ostracods MI0186
Liske Presque Isle MI 6.3 km E in road cut on US23 Devonian Rockport Quarry black corals MI0187
Long Lake Presque Isle MI adjacent to county road on W shore 800 meters N of county line Devonian Genshaw Cyrtina,Ostracods MI0188
Rogers City Presque Isle MI Devonian Dundee corals MI0189
Rogers City Presque Isle MI 16 km SE on US23 W of Trout Creek s15t34nr6e Devonian Rockport Quarry Ostracods MI0190
Rogers City Presque Isle MI In US steel company Limestone quarry Devonian Traverse Group Wide variety of fossils especially from Bell shale outcrops. MI0191
Rogers city Presque Isle MI 14 km S in road cut on US23 coral -Favosites MI0192
Rogers city Presque Isle MI area exposures Longstaffia MI0193
Saginaw valley Saginaw MI In dumps of old coal mines in area Pennsylvanian Saginaw many plants,brachiopods,gastropods,cephalopods,a few trilobites and ostracods,a few fish. MI0194
Manistique Schoolcraft MI 8 km NNW in road cut and abandoned quarry on hwy 94 Silurian Hendricks dolomite corals,brachiopods,stromatoporoids,crinoid columns MI0195
Manistique Schoolcraft MI In abandoned quarry Silurian Cordell|Schoolcraft dolomite corals,brachiopods,ostracods,bryozoa,mollusks MI0196
Whitedale Schoolcraft MI In area quarries silicified coral MI0197
Milan Washtenaw MI Devonian Silica Shale Phyllocarids – Pseudodontichthys; Arthrodire fish plates -Protitanichthys,Paleoniscoid fish bones – Kentuckia? MI0198
Rockwood Wayne MI SE in Michigan Silica Co pit Devonian Sylvania pelecypods MI0199
Sibley Wayne MI 3 km N of Trenton in Quarry Devonian Dundee|Lucas corals – brachiopods MI0200 This would probably be the Sibley Quarry at 42.1640N,83.1835W. The orginal included a reference to the Anderson fomration, but I can’t find a citationf for a Devonian Anderson formation in the Michigan Basin
Sibley Wayne MI 3 km N of Trenton in Quarry Devonian Dundee|Lucas corals – brachiopods MI0201
Sibley Wayne MI In abandoned quarry of Solvay Process Company Devonian Trilobite – Proetus; Coral – Hexagonaria;Brachiopods MI0202 This would probably be the Sibley Quarry at 42.1640N,83.1835W
Trenton Wayne MI 3 km N at Sibley quarry of Solvay Process Co Devonian Detroit River pelecypods MI0203
Big Hill[?] (Homkion[?] Hill) [?] MI In s11t39nr22w Ordovician Big Hill abundant fossils,mostly corals (9 taxa) and bryozoa MI0204
Michigan [?] MI At least three,perhaps five sets of whale bones from scattered locations. Several have been dated and seem anomalously young – a few hundred or few thousand years. May be trade artifacts rather than fossils. Pleistocene whale bones MI0205
NW Michigan [?] MI Lake shores near Petoskey,Atwood,Norwood,MI,silicified fossil corals (‘Hexagonaria’-Billingsastrea) known as Petoskey stones from the Devonian Onondaga equivalent,the Bois Blanc Formation. Devonian corals MI0206
Northern Peninsula [?] MI Silurian coral – Halysites MI0207
Southern Michigan [?] MI Fossils in Pleistocene glacial deposits. Pleistocene A variety of Ordovician,Silurian,Devonian and Mississippian fossils — often water worn. MI0208
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