Flint Ridge Events in 2010
Several people have ask me recently if I have contact info for Nether's far, I do not. I did find there are a couple events happening at Flint Ridge Ohio.…
2nd trip to Fossil Collecting at Lodi Community Park
Link to our first trip of Lodi Park Link to our third trip to Lodi Park Just got back from our first fossil collecting trip of 2010. It's a warm…
2010 Winter Hike at Hocking Hills State Park
On saturday, a couple friends and I attended the 45th annual winter hike in Hocking Hills State Park. This is by far my favorite spot in Ohio. I had no…
Quartz Geode Location, near Elmville Highland County, Ohio
Colorless quartz crystals in cavities and geodes found in Lilley Dolomite formation along with calcite and sphalerite. Location in an abandoned quarry along the northside of Highway 54 approximately 1…
Locations of ancient flint quarries in Ohio
From Minerals of Ohio, Carlson, Dr Ernest. Table showing flint occurrences by Age and Formation and where ancient man quarried the stone. Note the variation in color and physical characteristics…
List of Mineral Species from Ohio
List of Minerals reported to occur in Ohio from DRC 2.0.ALUNOGENGYPSUMANHYDRITEHALITEBARITEHEMATITEBARYTEHEXAHYDRITECALCITEHYDROZINCITEKAOLINITEMARCASITECELESTITECHALCOPYRITEMONTMORILLONITEPYRITEQUARTZCOPIAPITESMITHSONITEDOLOMITESPHALERITEFLUORITESTRONTIANITEGALENASULFURSZOMOLNOKITEGLAUCONITEVIVIANITEGOLDWURTZITE
Petrified Wood is rare in Ohio
From Ohio History Central web site Plants in the form of algae and phytoplankton appeared early in the Precambrian. Blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) were the dominant life form for much of…
Gold Mining in Ohio
Recreational gold prospecting is alive and well in Ohio. This pan of GOLD was found prospecting the Clearfork River in Richland County, Ohio. While gold is not plentiful, with a…
Pugh Quarry, Custar Ohio
Data exported from DRC 2.0 (c) 2009 Gary Kindel Mine: CUSTAR STONE QUARRY City: BOWLING GREENS Mine ID: 151823 County WOOD Seq Nbr: 0391730002 State OHIO Latitude 41.327778 Country USA…
Trip Report to Lamereaux Road Bridge, Monroeville, Ohio
Trip Report to Siderite Concretion and Pyrite Nodule LocationDate: Sept 4, 2009Location:Septarian Minerals of the Huron River near Lamereaux Road Bridge, Monroeville, OhioGoogle Map: Lameraux Rd, 2-3 miles east of…