Green River Formation - Kemmerer, WY
Miocene
The Warfield Quarry is operated by the Fossil Safari people. We hunted here on two occasions, first in 2008 and again in 2010.
Rare species of fish and anything else unusual may be kept by the quarry operators.
However, it has been 8 years since we went so their practices and policies may have changed.
Click here for a panoramic view of the quarry - Warfield Quarry
At the time we went, the operator did not provide any rock saws or means to reduce the excess material of your finds.
Therefore, before going to this site, be sure to prepare a method for transporting your fish plates home.
The method we used was to stack them edgewise in a rubbermaid bin, separated by cardboard and thin bubble wrap.
The shale is rather fragile and a number of the plates broke in transit before we repacked them this way.
Do not lay the plates flat on top of each other. They will get broken in transit.
The quarry operator provides tools and basic instruction on how to split the rock.
You removed some rock from the face of the quarry yourself and then split the pieces that you have removed.
Ready to Start
Taking down some fresh rock to split
Making the split in search of fish
Working down the column
A fine little fish after about 15 minutes of splitting
A nice Diplomystus specimen in excellent condition
Jim, the attendent identifies the fish in our pile.
After four hours, we found about 30 or so complete fish of respectable quality.
Some examples of the fish after getting them home and trimming off the excess rock.
A fair sized Diplomystus
The Mounted Diplomystus
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