The most famous Miocene-Pliocene shark-tooth locality in the United States. Operated as a phosphate mine since the 1960s, Lee Creek produced the spectacular megalodon teeth that defined a generation of collectors. Public collecting ended in 2008. Today the Aurora Fossil Museum across the river is the legitimate way to engage with the deposit (already in our atlas).
Visit the Aurora Fossil Museum and its public spoil piles — the legal proxy for Lee Creek material.
The mine itself has been closed to public collecting since 2008. Spoil material from the active mine is donated to the Aurora Fossil Museum across the Pamlico River.
No collecting on PCS Phosphate / Nutrien mine property under any circumstances. Aurora Museum spoil piles are the legal alternative.
Trophy = headline find · Rare = real score · Uncommon = some trips · Common = most trips.
The beachcomber's bonus round — what else the geology gives up.
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