Clarkia ID: Fossil Bowl Miocene leaf beds

Where: US West · North America · approx. 47.01, -116.25 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Rockhounding locality: the Clarkia lagerstatte, 16-million-year-old lake shales with leaves so fresh they oxidize before your eyes, exposed when a motocross track was cut in 1972

What turns up: Miocene leaves (metasequoia, oak, magnolia), rare fish and insects, colors fade fast: wrap finds

Access: Licensed / permit.

Private fee dig at the Fossil Bowl motocross track, small per-person charge (around $10, cash): ask at the house, some layers off limits for research

Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.