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S25.05.020Description
Cherry Valley Quarry cut on the west edge of Newark, Granville Township, Licking County, Ohio, showing an outcrop of the Black Hand Sandstone of the Cuyahoga Formation overlain by the Byer Sandstone of the Logan Formation. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone and conglomerate lithologies. Bedrock is from the Mississippian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken by Michael C. Hansen during stop 3 of the Ohio Sedimentology Group's field trip in April 1981.
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Cherry Valley quarry pit showing sandstone in Licking County, Ohio.