REMARKS: At elevation 2094 feet, this site is the highest in the county, and provides an excellent view of the "Anthracite basin" to the south. Bears Head is capped by the highly resistant Sharp Mountain conglomerate (Pottsville Formation, Pennsylvanian age); hence the extremely high elevation of this erosional feature.
REMARKS: The Mahantango Formation (Devonian age) contains brachiopods, gastropods, pelecypods, cephalopods, trilobites, coelenterates, and plants. Specimens found include the rare coelenterate, Conularia; the gastropod, Buchanopsisleda (Hall); and the simple ammonoid, Agoniatites vanuxemi (Hall). This site is one of the most varied assemblages and is especially noteworthy for containing varieties.
REFERENCES: Hoskins, D. M. [1969], Fossil collecting in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., General Geology Report 40, 2nd printing, revised, p. 94.
Palmer, A. C. [1977], Rare fossils in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Geology, v. 8, no. 4, p. 30-32.
REMARKS: A breathtaking view of Hegins Valley between Broad Mountain (south) and Mahantango Mountain (north); an exceptional example of the Valley and Ridge province in the region of the anthracite basins.
REMARKS: Chalk white fern impressions on jet-black shale; a world-renowned site for the variety of fern fossils present and their beauty.