Welcome to Mounds State Park. There may be a fee to access the park. Please check their website for details. The coordinates are on pavement (no need to leave the trails). The terrain is for the steep steps to and from the cache.
Mound State Park
The geology of Mounds State Park include Ice Age remnants.
The bluff's overlooking the White River formed at the end of the most recent Ice Age. Torrents of outwash from the melting glaciers carried gravel that accumulated, forming the bluffs.
This area is part of the Louisville Limestone. It is dolomite and dolomitic limestone, which is a good aquifer. So as the water moves through the rock, something changes the upward flow and redirects it.
At the river level, layers of clay, sand and gravel form a solid rock, known as conglomerate. This rock formation has weathered away leaving small caves in the hillside and areas for water to be able to flow.
Seeps occur where non-flowing groundwater oozes from the ground. A spring is a point where water flows out of the ground.
Logging this Earthcache
At the posted coordinates observe and answer the below questions, message or email them to me. If doing as a group I prefer that you send only one message for all:
1. Is this a spring or seep?
2. How was it formed?
3. Can you see any bedrock or clay/gravel at the site?
4. Estimate the width and length of the water currently flowing.