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A 300 Million Year Old Fossil Forest In Illinois
Over at
http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/research/co...l-forest.shtml is an article, with many images of fossil plants, explaining the occurrence and deposition of an excellently preserved 300 million year-old Pennsylvanian-age (Upper Carboniferous) fossil forest exposed deep within a coal mine in eastern Illinois. Be sure to click on the images at the bottom of the page to view the many fossil plants. Fossil Plants Of The Ione Basin, California http://members.aol.com/Waucoba5/ione/ioneproject.html To view a chunk of valuable high-grade montan wax-bearing lignite (low grade coal) from the Middle Eocene (roughly 48-45 million years old) Ione Formation, western foothills of the Sierra Nevada, plus a photograph of California's only active, operating commercial coal mine--it's located in Amador County--jump on over to http://members.aol.com/Waucoba5/ione/lignite4.html . |
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A 300 Million Year Old Fossil Forest In Illinois
On Sep 11, 1:43*pm, "Inyo" wrote:
Over athttp://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/research/coal/fossil-forest/fossil-forest..shtmlis an article, with many images of fossil plants, explaining the occurrence and deposition of an excellently preserved 300 million year-old Pennsylvanian-age (Upper Carboniferous) fossil forest exposed deep within a coal mine in eastern Illinois. Be sure to click on the images at the bottom of the page to view the many fossil plants. Fossil Plants Of The Ione Basin, Californiahttp://members.aol.com/Waucoba5/ione/ioneproject.html To view a chunk of valuable high-grade montan wax-bearing lignite (low grade coal) from the Middle Eocene (roughly 48-45 million years old) Ione Formation, western foothills of the Sierra Nevada, plus a photograph of California's only active, operating commercial coal mine--it's located in Amador County--jump on over tohttp://members.aol.com/Waucoba5/ione/lignite4.html. Very interesting web site. Where is the Ione Basin from lets say Bishop? I grew up in Orange County in the south but have been gone for many years. John in the Indian Nations(Oklahoma) |
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