Cedar Bluff Road Cut EarthCache
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This Earth Cache is located just off US 460 at the Cedar Bluff Overlook Park
Approximately 600 million years ago shallow inland seas existed in, what is now, the Cedar Bluff area. Over geologic time these shallow seas accumulated sediments, which formed rocks exposed in the cut today. These beds were miles away, but during the continental collision 250 million years ago, they were thrust northwest and on to younger rockbeds. As geologic time slowly passed, limestones were exposed at the surface through erosion, folding and faulting. During the later portion of the 20th century, construction of the U.S. Highway 460 from east to west beginning at the traffic light for the first Cedar Bluff exit, three distinct rocks can be identified.
In order to demonstrate you have visited this site, please answer the following:
(answers can be obtained from the signs near the start of the overlook trail, following the trail to the overlook and reading signs, or visiting the town hall)
1: What is the name and color of the rock in unit 1?
2: What is the name and color of the rock in unit 2?
3: What is the name of the rock in unit 3?
4: What is the name of the Fault?
5: What is the elevation of the beginning of the trail and the elevation of the overlook?
Also, in your log, please post a picture of yourself and GPS in front of the Civil War Blockade sign at the coords listed for this cache or at the overlook at the top of the trail.
Logs without accompanying photos may be deleted.
E-mail your answer via the above profile. Please do not answer or give any of the information in your post.
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