Blue Moon Quarry is known for fossils that are some of the darkest and well perserved in the Fossil Lake area.


We are open for fee digging by reservation from mid April thru October.
Quarry Location

Located 6 miles west of Kemmerer on U.S. Highway 30.

Some pictures of the quarry

Pictures of Blue Moon Quarry, the indian dig site, and some of the fossils that have been pulled from the quarry

Timeline of major fossils discovered

2013 will be the 25th year of fossil digging in the Green River Formation.

Interactive Timeline map

Just to give some idea of what the area looked like 52 million years ago.