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S25.06.004Description
Outcrop of the Black Hand Sandstone Member of the Cuyahoga Formation overlain by the Berne Conglomerate and the Byer Sandstone of the Logan Formation at the "Dugway West" roadcut on the north side of State Route 16, west of Newark, Licking 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 during stop 2 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
Layered sandstone outcrop along the highway. Roadcut on the north side of State Route 16; west of Newark in Licking County, Ohio.