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S08.01.096Description
Quartz pebbles in the Black Hand Sandstone of the Cuyahoga Formation that forms Old Man's Cave at Hocking Hills State Park, Hocking County, Ohio. Old Man's Cave is a large rock shelter in the northwest valley wall of Old Man's Creek. It is formed in the weakly cemented crossbedded middle zone of the Black Hand Sandstone. The rock shelter cave is about 200 feet long, 50 feet high, and 75 feet deep. The resistant uppermost zone of the Black Hand sandstone forms the roof of the cave. Bedrock is from the Mississippian Geologic Period. The image is from 1969.
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
Rock quartz pebbles in sandstone outcrop. Old Man's Cave at Hocking Hills State Park.