S25.05.003

Name/Title

S25.05.003

Description

An outcrop of the Black Hand Sandstone of the Cuyahoga Formation at the Big Lyons Falls in Mohican State Park, Hanover Township, Ashland County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone and conglomerate lithologies. Bedrock is from the Mississippian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken by Michael C. Hansen in 1981. This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.

Context

Layered sandstone outcrops forming U-shape in the woods; trees are in the foreground on the right. Big Lyons Falls in Mohican State Park; Ashland County, Ohio.