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S02.15.111Description
Outcrop of the Black Hand Sandstone Member of the Cuyahoga Formation overlain by the Berne Conglomerate and the Byer Sandstone of the Logan Formation on the north side of Ohio State Route 16, west of Newark, Licking County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone and conglomerate lithologies. Bedrock is from the Mississippian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken during Stop 1 of the nineteenth annual Ohio Intercollegiate Field Trip on October 12, 1968.
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Sandstone outcrop along side of highway; people are down below outcrop, collecting samples and climbing up it. Along State Route 16 west of Newark, Ohio.