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Birmingham
| TREASURE HUNTING IN & AROUND: BIRMINGHAM Add what you know about this area to create a handy guide for other treasure hunters |
| What this area is known for: 1.Red Mountain - hematite 2. Hematite - jasper mix 3. Fossils 4. | Biggest finds in this area? 1.What was found, plus brief description 2. 3. |
| Local appraisers: 1. Name, contact info/website 2. 3. 4. | Local geocaching/treasure hunting clubs: 1. Birmingham Lapidary Club 2. 3. 4. |
| Best time of year to go: | Other helpful resources: (newspapers, websites, etc) 1. 2. 3. |
| THE BEST PLACES TO HUNT Cities and regions can have multiple good spots to go: Add details to build a complete guide. |
| Location: Red Mountain is a long ridge running southwest-northeast and dividing Jones Valley from Shades Valley south of Birmingham, Alabama It is part of the Ridge and Valley region of the Appalachian General description: Red Mountain is the center of iron ore mining in Alabama. Hematite, Goetite and jasper - hematite mixtures are abundant. The main iron ore deposit, the Big seam, lies under Shades Valley and the part of the Cahaba coal field southeast of that part of Red Mountain | Details on how to get there: The best displays of the mountain's geological strata occur at the Twentieth Street cut near the Vulcan statue and at the US HWY 31 highway cut leading into the suburb of Homewood. |
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| Handy to bring along: 1. Bucket 2.Hand tools 3. | Helpful notes to newcomers: A science museum, the Red Mountain Museum, was opened on the slope adjacent to the cut in 1971. Interpretive signage was installed along one of the terraces of the cut and guardrails and fencing installed to allow museum visitors to inspect the exposed rock close-up. From the late 1970s until 1994, the Red Mountain Museum was quite active in paleontological research, collecting fossil vertebrates and invertebrates from hundreds of localities throughout the state. WIKI Red Mountain |
| Location: Pennsylvania Fossil Ferns General description: | Details on how to get there: Just North of Birmingham on I 65 at the Warrior exit is a McDonalds. Across the highway is a bluff with a wide variety of plant fossils. |
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