Mazon Creek Fossil Beds

Mazon Creek Fossil Beds

Infobox_nrhp | name =Mazon Creek Fossil Beds
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
nearest_city= Benson Road, Morris, Illinois
locmapin = Illinois
area =
architect=
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= September 25, 1997cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-1975645062&ResourceType=Site
title=Mazon Creek Fossil Beds |accessdate=2007-10-11|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = September 25, 1997cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=97001272

Mazon Creek Fossil Beds is a site of fossiliferous ironstone nodules.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/97001272.pdf National Historic Landmark Nomination: Mazon Creek Fossil Beds ] |297 KB|date=March 30, 1995 |author=Joanne Klussendorf |publisher=National Park Service. PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/97001272.pdf Accompanying photos, from 1912 and 1991.] |497 KB]

It is 3 miles southeast of Morris on Benson Road.

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