Hill Annex Mine State Park
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Details: You can do a 1.5 hour fossil hunt tour in the iron mine according to their website. For other details go to their website. You keep what you find. More tips from another source: "Hill Annex Mine State Park General description: Chose one of three tours. A tour of a massive open pit iron ore mine. A tour of the lake formed by the mining operations. A fossils hunt to recover marine fossils. All three tours take about 1 1/2 hours each.
Handy to bring along: 1. Collecting bag
Helpful notes to newcomers: City of Calumet maintains a nice picnic area just outside the park gate.
More information can be found at: www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/hill_annex_mine/index.html"
Directions: Check out their website for directions. Currently it says: "Entrance to the park is on the north edge of Calumet along State Highway 169, halfway between Grand Rapids and Hibbing."
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GPS Coordinates (lat,long): (47°19'60"N, 93°16'6"W)
or (47.333333, -93.268333)
Google Map: (The GPS marker is intended to be approximate or best guess.)
Mindat Link: http://www.mindat.org/loc-167044.html
Tags: fossil hunt tour fossils cretaceous era hill annex mine state park calumet minnesota state highway 169 grand rapids hibbing
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