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S08.01.071Description
An outcrop of the Byer Sandstone Member of the Logan Formation along the Dining Lodge road at Hocking Hills State Park, Hocking County, Ohio. The lithology of the Byer Sandstone has fine- to medium-grained sandstone, siltstone and shale in thin to massive beds. Bedrock is from the Mississippian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken by Michael C. Hansen in 1973.
Information taken from The Geology of Hocking State Park by John F. Hall (Ohio Geological Survey, Information Circular No. 8, 1953) and Geology of the South Bloomingville Quadrangle, Hocking and Vinton Counties, By Richard M. DeLong (Ohio Geological Survey, Report of Investigations, No. 63, 1968) and Geology of the Hocking Hills State Park Region by Michael C. Hansen (Ohio Division of Geological Survey, Guidebook No. 4, 1975).
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Sandstone outcrop along road. Dining Lodge Road at Hocking Hills State Park.