FIELD TRIP DETAILS:  We will meet at the quarry at 9:00 AM EDT to sign release form.  Trip will start at 9:00 AM and continue until 12:00 and later if they allow. Minimum age is 13.  Depending on the number of participants, the group will be broken down into 2 or 3 smaller groups to collect in different parts of the quarry.  Groups will then rotate to visit all areas of the quarry.  LOOK FOR: pink dolomite, calcite (crystals from ¼” to 7”), occasional: fluorite, millerite, barite, quartz, etc.  Many of the chert nodules contain fossils. 

WHAT TO BRING:Hard hats, heavy shoes, long pants, eye protection, gloves, sledge and rock hammer, chisels, prybar, buckets and/or flats, and lots of wrapping material.  Also bring lunch and a beverages.

DIRECTIONS:   Corydon is located about 30 miles west of Louisville, Kentucky on I-64, exit 105.  From the interchange, head north one block, to the light.  Turn left on Quarry Road and travel about a mile to a 4-way stop.  Quarry entrance is just past the intersection.  Turn right and immediately left to the office and sign in.

AFTERNOON FOSSIL TRIP: We will then caravan to the interchange of I-64 and Indiana highway 37.  This roadcut is about one mile long.  Best fossil collecting is in an inner-bedded shale-limestone, and is Upper Mississipian age.  Look for blastoids, .crinoid heads, Archimedes bryozoans, brachiopods, Rare: trilobites, uncommon: sharks teeth and scales.  Most of the collecting requires some climbing.  Instructions to active beds will be given at the site.  It will be essential that all cars are off the right-a-way.   Please be fair to others; do not visit this site prior to Saturday field trip.

FRIDAY AFTERNOON OPTION: For those arriving early, you are invited to visit “THE FALLS OF THE OHIO STATE PARK” just north of Louisville at exit 0 on I-65 in Indiana.  Follow the signs.  Interpretive Naturalist, Alan Goldstein, will be available from 3 to 5 PM EDT.  The interpretive Center highlights geology and cultural history of the falls area, especially the Devonian fossil beds (which will probably be underwater at that time of year). Look for the special exhibit “Dinosaurs and More” at the Center.

MOTEL ARRANGEMENTS:  Arrangements are being made in Corydon for special group rates.  Contact Alan deepskyspy@insightbb.com for more information.  10 rooms need to be filled to get the special discounts.  Note: Corydon area has many restaurants to suit many different tastes.

CONTACTS:
Trip Leaders….
David Horn, Kentucky Director for SFMS
crystalman@earthlink.net
Alan Goldstein
Deepskyspy@insightbb.com

One of the collecting areas after a "shot".

Dark lower vuggy zone on the quarry wall.