House Range Photographs
Fossil Sites
 

A Photographic Tour of the House Range of Utah

Wheeler Shale, Marjum Formation, and Weeks Formation and other formations

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Fossil Sites

Related Interest:
House Range Lagerstätte Fossil Site
Cambrian Explosion Fossils of Utah
House Range Stratigraphy

 

 

Photos within and of the House Range

Panoramic Views within House Range:
Tallest mountain in House Range, Swasey peak 9669 ft, looking NE
More distant view of Swasey Peak and Marjum Pass to the left
Wheeler Amphitheater looking north
Fossil Quarries in the Middle Cambrian Wheeler Shale Formation, House Range. These quarries are on land owned and leased by the State of Utah. There is also much Federal land which is leased and quarried for flagstone where removal of fossils is illegal -- these fossils are being destroyed and lost to science -- what are they thinking?
Looking to SE, an Elrathia kingii quarry in foreground. Mountains are southern portion of Wheeler Amphitheater
Looking NW, a Gogia eocrinoid / Ctencystis quarry near center left.
Looking SW, Gogia eocrinoid / Ctencystis quarry near center left & Elrathia quarry is far left
Elrathia quarry looking SSW. Marjum Pass is center right
Elrathia kingii quarry, looking SW. Elrathia and Gogia quarries are at about 7,000 feet elevation
Elrathia kingii quarry looking south. Sevier dry lake is in distance
Looking NE from Gogia / Ctencystis quarry. Wheeler Amphitheater in distance.
Closer view of Gogia / Ctencystis quarry looking NNW
Bathyuriscus fimbriatus / Modocia sp. quarry looking north
Elrathia trilobite quarry looking southeast
Elrathia trilobite quarry looking southwest
Marjumia callus quarry looking west
Closeup of Gogia / Ctenocystis quarry
Local wildlife seen as leaving House Range,
looking east. Drum Mountains are in distance
Local wildlife seen as leaving House Range,
looking east. Drum Mountains are in distance
Local wildlife seen as leaving House Range,
looking east. Drum Mountains are in distance
We are grateful to Robert Drachuk of Educational Fossils for taking the better part of a day to take these House Range photographs.