Lee Creek Teeth available - 

Please click on Scientific Name to quickly go to the catalog. The Carcharocles teeth in this catalog are truly exceptional and grade from near museum quality to museum quality. A must for every serious C. megalodon collector. 

About the Lee Creek Locality - 

The PCS (formerly Texasgulf) Lee Creek phosphate mine is a well known fossil bearing locality located near Aurora, North Carolina. The shark teeth from Lee Creek are highly prized by collectors due to their exceptional preservation and excellent coloration. Being a land site, the detail and preservation exhibited by these shark teeth are nothing less than outstanding - some of the finest marine fossils known. The fossil bearing layers which reside up to 130 feet beneath the surface are represented by the Pungo River Formation (Miocene – 15 million years ago) and the Yorktown Formation (Pliocene – 4.5 million years ago). The fossil teeth are found in huge spoil heaps inside the mining area. The Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of Natural History scientists have extensively collected and studied this site which represents one of the richest and best- known Miocene - Pliocene fossil deposits in the world. 

Great photos below. Click photo to enlarge.

	Draglines at work in the PCS Lee Creek phosphate mine. The phosphate ore is found in the fossil bearing Miocene Pungo River formation. This area was a shallow ancient sea 15 million years ago.
	Another dragline working the open pit mine.
	Searching the spoil banks during one of the very popular weekend fossil collecting tours at the Lee Creek mine. Unfortunately the mine has been closed to collecting for two years.
	Reviewing an interesting specimen.
	Searching the endless spoil banks.
	Sharing the a lucky day's find. Another productive trip!

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Last modified: January 27, 2008