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S08.01.142Description
An outcrop of the Black Hand Sandstone Member of the Cuyahoga Formation at the Conkle's Hollow State Nature Preserve area in Hocking Hills State Park, Hocking County, Ohio. Conkle's Hollow is a deep rocky gorge. All three zones of the Black Hand Sandstone are visible in the steep cliffs of the valley walls. Crossbedding and honeycomb weathering are well displayed on the fretted surface of the Black Hand. The gorge at Conkle's Hollow follows a major joint trending N 60° W. Conkle's Hollow is named for an early visitor who inscribed his name, W. J. Conkle 1797, on the west wall of the gorge. Bedrock is from the Mississippian Geologic Period. The slide image was made by Michael C. Hansen in January 1974. The location is approximate to the gorge valley trail.
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
Looking up towards sandstone outcrops through the trees. Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve in Hocking Hills State Park.