<p>The summit of the mountain is made up of 400 million year old sedimentary rocks laid down long before the uplift 50 million years ago.  These rocks contain marine fossils including Trilobites and Crinoids. If you drilled down from the summit you would then encounter older metamorphic rocks,  the upper parts of which contain traces of fossils, and then in to gneisses and granites.</p>
<p><a href="http://all-geo.org/metageologist/2012/06/the-geology-of-mount-everest/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://all-geo.org/metageologist/2012/06/the-geology-of-mount-everest/</a></p>

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As interesting as this is, the article you linked is more about the rock structure than fossils. What would the trace fossils be? What order would I encounter them in when drilling from top to bottom? Or from side to side?
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<p>Mount Everest is a Mountain Made from the Indian Subcontinent Colliding into the Asian Continental Plates, You are most likely NOT to find fossils because there was not a mount Everest during the Dinosaurs but Maybe some fossils could have gotten lifted by the collision but would be torn apart and scattered. according to <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/himalaya.html#:%7E:text=This%20immense%20mountain%20range%20began,be%20subducted%20under%20the%20other." rel="nofollow noreferrer">[Source]</a>, The Himilayas formed 40 and 50 Million years ago, <em>Which was around the end of the cretaceous period, which ended some 65 million years ago.</em></p>
<p>You will find Material and metals brought up from the bedrock of the Continental Crust, The Himalayas would eventually start getting weathered which would expose some metals.</p>

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2021-04-15T17:58:21.703Z
Most of the rock that formed the Himilayas was probably in my Observations, Buried continental crust.
Tardy
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2021-04-15T18:27:16.277Z
The wikipedia page[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest#Geology] seems to argue that ancient marine fossils have already been found in the Everest rock. I want to know what will happen once the rock is drilled and we get to the deeper layers.
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Oh, I see, I thought You were reffering to Dino Fossils. I will add another section to my answer.
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Tardy
<p>I am interested in knowing what kind of fossils we would find if we were to drill horizontally through the mountain and what we would find if we were to drill vertically. Would we find anything interesting other than the fossils?</p>

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2021-04-15T17:57:19.373Z
There would be Metals brought up from the Mantle maybe
Tardy
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That would depend on where you start.
Spencer
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@BearSmart all rocks in the crust contain "metals brought up from the mantle". The question is which metals, in what chemical form, and at what concentrations.
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Somebody should start a bounty, So people can answer Writer-at-large's question. Maybe this can answer your question; http://www.geo.cornell.edu/geology/research/derry/himalaya.html
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@Gimelist Mhm but he never stated in what concentrations would there be metal. all he said was "...Would we find anything interesting other than fossils"
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What would people drilling through Mount Everest find?
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# What would people drilling through Mount Everest find?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-04-15)

I am interested in knowing what kind of fossils we would find if we were to drill horizontally through the mountain and what we would find if we were to drill vertically. Would we find anything interesting other than the fossils?

**Tags:** fossils, drilling

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: There would be Metals brought up from the Mantle maybe  
> **username_2**: That would depend on where you start.  
> **username_3**: @BearSmart all rocks in the crust contain "metals brought up from the mantle". The question is which metals, in what chemical form, and at what concentrations.  
> **username_1**: Somebody should start a bounty, So people can answer username_0's question. Maybe this can answer your question; http://www.geo.cornell.edu/geology/research/derry/himalaya.html  
> **username_1**: @username_3 Mhm but he never stated in what concentrations would there be metal. all he said was "...Would we find anything interesting other than fossils"  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2021-04-15. Score: 3

The summit of the mountain is made up of 400 million year old sedimentary rocks laid down long before the uplift 50 million years ago. These rocks contain marine fossils including Trilobites and Crinoids. If you drilled down from the summit you would then encounter older metamorphic rocks, the upper parts of which contain traces of fossils, and then in to gneisses and granites.

<http://all-geo.org/metageologist/2012/06/the-geology-of-mount-everest/>

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: As interesting as this is, the article you linked is more about the rock structure than fossils. What would the trace fossils be? What order would I encounter them in when drilling from top to bottom? Or from side to side?  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-04-15. Score: 0

Mount Everest is a Mountain Made from the Indian Subcontinent Colliding into the Asian Continental Plates, You are most likely NOT to find fossils because there was not a mount Everest during the Dinosaurs but Maybe some fossils could have gotten lifted by the collision but would be torn apart and scattered. according to [[Source]](http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/himalaya.html#:%7E:text=This%20immense%20mountain%20range%20began,be%20subducted%20under%20the%20other.), The Himilayas formed 40 and 50 Million years ago, *Which was around the end of the cretaceous period, which ended some 65 million years ago.*

You will find Material and metals brought up from the bedrock of the Continental Crust, The Himalayas would eventually start getting weathered which would expose some metals.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Most of the rock that formed the Himilayas was probably in my Observations, Buried continental crust.  
> **username_0**: The wikipedia page[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest#Geology] seems to argue that ancient marine fossils have already been found in the Everest rock. I want to know what will happen once the rock is drilled and we get to the deeper layers.  
> **username_1**: Oh, I see, I thought You were reffering to Dino Fossils. I will add another section to my answer.  

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