A Cut In The Wall EarthCache
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This earthcache is beside the highway. You can park across the road
from it. Parking coords are provided below. There appears to be an
old mine at the bottom, that has been there for a long time. You
are looking at whats around the small opening.
This earthcache may look like a rockslide or a mudslide that
happened at one time. Although some sliding may have occurred over
the years, this is no ordinary slide. Some type of mining appears
to have happened here.
Upon talking with some people around the nearby area, this opening
could have been here since the early 1900s. It could have been a
small pony mine that the locals used to retrieve the mineral at the
bottom. The structure around the small opening is made up of mostly
slate rock, with a small patch of sandstone near the top. Slate
rock and sandstone are very common in this area, and are very
common in mining. Over time, erosion has chipped away at this site.
Still not a slide, as time has went on, alot of pieces has fallen
down from around the opening. The combination of Rain, heat, cold,
wind, and time have helped the erosion process of chipping away
around the opening. Also, overtime, it has created this wide cut in
the mountain. It almost looks like a perfect square or rectangle,
sitting inside this cliff line..
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous, metamorphic rock
derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of
clay or volcanic ash through low grade regional metamorphism. The
result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond
to the original sedimentary layering. Slate is frequently grey in
colour especially when seen en masse covering roofs. However, slate
occurs in a variety of colours even from a single locality.
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size
mineral or rock grains. Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or
feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's
crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any color, but the most common
colors are tan, brown, yellow, red, gray and white.
If you live and play in eastern part of the state here, you've
probably seen these numerous times. Usually they are not near the
highway though, as this one is. It does look pretty neat. Looks as
if someone cut this hillside just perfect. Looks like a near
perfect square around the opening at the bottom.
You do not have to go near the hillside to be able to log this
earthcache. You can do all you need to from the parking
coordinates. If you do go near the hillside PLEASE USE EXTREME
CAUTION as for rocks may fall off the hillside. Again you can
gather all info from the parking coords.(Parking coords:N=37
15.262, W=82 55.928).
To be able to log this earthcache, please do the following:
1) post a picture of yourself and GPSr with cut in the wall in the
background,
2)Estimate how wide the cut is,
3)Estimate how high the cut is,
4)What kind of mineral appears to be at the bottom.
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