New River Gorge Coal-Measure Exposures, Fayette County, WV

ROCKHOUNDING GRAY AREA DOCUMENTED

Where: West Virginia · North America · approx. 38.07, -81.08 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Rockhounding locality: Pennsylvanian plant fossils in coal-measure shales of the Appalachian Plateau

What turns up: fern impressions, Lepidodendron, Calamites, coal plant fossils

Access: Gray area.

Collecting prohibited within New River Gorge National Park & Preserve; use road cuts or private land with permission.

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

Pins are approximate by design. This page is historical research, not permission to dig. Check ownership and local law first.