Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
Quarry Park is an Oneida tribal park. This is the main entrance. | |
Another road leads to the west end of the park but is closed to vehicles. |
View from the northeast end near the parking area.
Good fossils can be seen in the weathered blocks and outcrops at the west end of the pond.
A crinoid stem | |
Crinoid stem fragments | |
A brachiopod | |
Trace fossils are abundant, shown at left and below. | |
A small stromatolite |
Tufa incrustations are common on boulders | |
View looking south toward Duck Creek. | |
At the bridge, outcrops are visible in the bed of Duck Creek, as shown by the views at left and below. | |
Just north of the bridge, a home uses a small flooded quarry pit as a pond. | |
View looking east. The high bank is cut into Pleistocene deposits and is one of several terraces along the creek. |
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Created 3 May 2002, Last Update 12 Jan 2020