Where are fossils found in South Carolina?
Most fossil localities are in coastal and adjoining counties, in an area referred to as the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. In some places, fossil outcrops are exposed in creeks, riverbanks, and roadcuts. Excellent fossil occurrences are common in limestone quarries such as the Martin-Marietta Quarry in Berkeley County near Cross, S.C. These quarries supply material used in cement and concrete mixes, agricultural lime and fertilizer filler, crushed stone aggregate, and road building applications. Some of these limestone deposits are coquinas, which is a heterogeneous mixture of shell fragments (also referred to as shell hash). Petrified wood is another fossil found in the Coastal Plain.
