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Fossil, Wheeler County, Oregon, United States


Alternative Names:Fosil, Fossil, Fosul, fsyl awrgn, fwsyl, Фосил, Фоссил, Фосъл, فسیل، اورگن, فوسيل
Type:Seat of a second-order administrative division
Mindat.org Region:Wheeler County, Oregon, USA
Region:Wheeler County, Oregon, United States
Latitude:44° 59' 53" N
Longitude:120° 12' 58" W
Lat/Long (dec):44.99819,-120.21614
Köppen climate type:Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Elevation:811m
Population:449 (2017)
Mindat Feature ID:5727319
Long-form Identifier:mindat:2:6:5727319:6
GUID:52c50594-fb5c-4270-9034-9a0e9f2eaa05
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Mindat.org localities near to this feature


LocalityLatitudeLongitudeDistanceBearing
Fossil Rock Products Pit, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA44° 56' 31" N120° 14' 18" W6.5km (4.0 miles)
Mayville Quarry, Gilliam County, Oregon, USA45° 4' 27" N120° 11' 3" W8.8km (5.5 miles)
Mortimer Pit, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA44° 52' 46" N120° 8' 17" W14.5km (9.0 miles)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10153205), Wheeler County, Oregon, USA44° 54' 41" N120° 21' 35" W14.9km (9.2 miles)
Dutch Flat Tuff, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA44° 52' 30" N120° 4' 59" W17.2km (10.7 miles)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10177881), Wheeler County, Oregon, USA44° 59' 3" N119° 59' 29" W17.7km (11.0 miles)
Hardie Pit, Gilliam County, Oregon, USA45° 9' 43" N120° 12' 14" W18.3km (11.3 miles)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10128239), Gilliam County, Oregon, USA45° 10' 29" N120° 12' 2" W19.7km (12.2 miles)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10128273), Wheeler County, Oregon, USA44° 48' 52" N120° 9' 57" W20.8km (12.9 miles)
Agate Claim (MRDS - 10054594), Wheeler County, Oregon, USA44° 51' 25" N120° 23' 44" W21.1km (13.1 miles)
Crystal Peak Occurrence, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA44° 51' 56" N120° 24' 42" W21.3km (13.3 miles)
30 Mile Creek Pit, Gilliam County, Oregon, USA45° 11' 44" N120° 11' 0" W22.1km (13.7 miles)
Perkins Pit, Wasco County, Oregon, USA44° 54' 21" N120° 27' 56" W22.1km (13.8 miles)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Quarry (Agate Claim; MRDS - 10298998), Wheeler County, Oregon, USA44° 51' 25" N120° 25' 50" W23.0km (14.3 miles)
Mortimer Ranch Pit, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA44° 49' 50" N120° 1' 41" W23.8km (14.8 miles)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10201178), Gilliam County, Oregon, USA45° 14' 18" N120° 12' 14" W26.8km (16.6 miles)
Wagner Mountain, Jefferson County, Oregon, USA44° 47' 56" N120° 25' 29" W27.6km (17.1 miles)
Service Creek, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA44° 47' 50" N120° 0' 25" W27.7km (17.2 miles)
Twickenham, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA44° 44' 42" N120° 10' 29" W28.3km (17.6 miles)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10275097), Wheeler County, Oregon, USA44° 47' 31" N120° 0' 2" W28.5km (17.7 miles)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10176936), Jefferson County, Oregon, USA44° 48' 46" N120° 28' 8" W28.7km (17.8 miles)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10256537), Wheeler County, Oregon, USA44° 48' 52" N119° 57' 32" W28.8km (17.9 miles)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10249852), Gilliam County, Oregon, USA45° 15' 57" N120° 10' 27" W30.0km (18.6 miles)
Antelope Rock Products Pit (Gravel Pit), Wasco County, Oregon, USA44° 53' 58" N120° 34' 18" W30.1km (18.7 miles)
Juniper Canyon, Spray, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA44° 48' 23" N119° 56' 42" W30.2km (18.7 miles)
Girds Creek Road, Twickenham, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA44° 43' 22" N120° 9' 29" W31.0km (19.2 miles)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10289087), Wheeler County, Oregon, USA44° 58' 27" N119° 49' 24" W31.0km (19.3 miles)
Spray Rock Production Pit, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA44° 48' 43" N119° 54' 51" W31.5km (19.6 miles)
Harper Mountain, Spray, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA44° 50' 35" N119° 51' 52" W32.6km (20.3 miles)
Condon Rock Products Pit, Gilliam County, Oregon, USA45° 17' 22" N120° 17' 52" W33.0km (20.5 miles)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

RegionType
North America PlateTectonic Plate
Clarno Basin, North America PlateBasin
Foothills-Wallowa Domain, North America PlateDomain
USACountry
Oregon, USAState
Wheeler County, Oregon, USACounty
 
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