News Release

Rhyolite Erratic Floods Evidence

Image used by permission Rick Thompson (c)

News Release Date: May 28, 2021 Ice Age Floods rafted a two-ton igneous rock not normally found in Oregon's Willamette Valley to Tualatin. It was discovered during excavation for the new Lakeridge Junior High School. The Rhyolite is mottled yellow, brown and greenish rock which likely came from the mountains of British Columbia, Canada or Montana.

This story was widely coverd in the press. Here are links to those articles:

Tualatin Life Newspaper https://tualatinlife.com/featured/rare-geological-find-is-headed-to-tualatin/

KATU-TV Ch 2 (ABC) Rare rock discovered at Lake Oswego construction site

PSU Website Portland State professor identifies 15,000 year old boulder at site of new Lake Oswego middle school 

KGW-TV (NBC) Construction crews find ancient boulder 

ABC30 St. Louis Rare rock discovered at Lake Oswego construction site 

UPI 2,000-pound rare rock unearthed at Oregon construction site 

Newsweek Extremely rare rock dating back to ice age discovered in Oregon

Borneo Bulletin https://borneobulletin.com.bn/2000-pound-rare-rock-unearthed-at-oregon-construction-site/