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Womack Pit

Virginia
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Next site in VirginiaVirginia Weslyan University · 5 mi

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Based on our latest records, with claims updated from the BLM on Oct 9, 2026. Land and claims can change quickly, so check before you go.

Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Womack Pit

Womack Pit is a fossil collection site in Virginia, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Kempsville Formation, dated to the Late Pleistocene (0.129–0.0117 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as estuary/bay. Documented finds include Cetacea, Morus bassanus, Phalacrocorax auritus, Branta bernicla, Larus hyperboreus, Pinguinus impennis.

Geologic setting

Formation
Kempsville
Geologic interval
Late Pleistocene
Age
0.129–0.0117 Ma
Depositional environment
estuary/bay
Recorded occurrences
26
Geology notes

marine riptide channel

Fossils found here

Cetacea
Mammalia
Morus bassanus
Aves · Sulidae
Phalacrocorax auritus
Aves · Phalacrocoracidae
Branta bernicla
Aves · Anatidae
Larus hyperboreus
Aves · Laridae
Pinguinus impennis
Aves · Alcidae
Uria aalge
Aves · Alcidae
Odobenus rosmarus
Mammalia · Odobenidae
Halichoerus grypus
Mammalia · Phocidae
Carnivora
Mammalia
Bison
Mammalia · Bovidae
Carcharias
Chondrichthyes · Carchariidae
Carcharhinus
Chondrichthyes · Carcharhinidae
Raja
Chondrichthyes · Rajidae
Dasyatis
Chondrichthyes · Dasyatidae
Myliobatis
Chondrichthyes · Myliobatidae
Brevoortia
Osteichthyes · Clupeidae
Opsanus
Osteichthyes · Batrachoididae
Lophius
Osteichthyes · Lophiidae
Gadus
Osteichthyes · Gadidae
Prionotus
Osteichthyes · Triglidae
Lutjanus
Osteichthyes · Lutjanidae
Sciaenops
Osteichthyes · Sciaenidae
Sphyraena
Osteichthyes · Sphyraenidae
Astroscopus
Osteichthyes · Uranoscopidae
Podiceps auritus
Aves · Podicipedidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 73485 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Womack Pit

Can you collect at Womack Pit?

It depends on who owns the land and whether a mining claim covers it. BLM land usually allows hand collecting for personal use, national parks allow none, and private land needs the owner’s permission. Pro members see the owner and any claims at this spot.

What minerals are found at Womack Pit?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 23 kg iron meteorite was found at Norfolk in 1907, 10 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.