ALLEGHENY NATIONAL FOREST DISCOVERY SERIES
Each of the earthcaches in this series will take you along roads and trails
to discover the wonders that exist in and around the ANF.
Elk - Forest - McKean - Warren
This discovery series was developed as a heartfelt THANK YOU to all who completed the requirements as requested, and wrote positive logs worth the time to read. Complete 24 ECT caches. Send a list of logs (GL links) via message for verification of requirements. Arrange to meet at Cache Condo to pick up your trackable coin.
EARTHCACHE REQUIREMENTS
Each cacher must send his/her own answers BEFORE logging a find. ... "Geocachers must complete the tasks before they log the EarthCache as found." (4.3. EarthCache logging tasks)
Enjoy the journey (learning adventure) as well as the destination (smiley earned). Remember to take only pictures and leave only footprints. To get credit for this Earthcache, complete the following tasks:
NOTE: Answers via message -and- log signature picture are required to post a find for this cache.
1. MESSAGE …. Based on the reading, how old are the rocks?
2. MESSAGE …. Based on the reading and your observations, is the rock shale-pebble conglomerate or flat-pebble conglomerate. Explain your choice
3. LOG …. Post a picture at or near the coordinates. Post a picture of your discovery rock. These pictures are your log signature. No spoiler pics.
OPTIONAL - Please respect the time and effort involved in finding and creating this earthcache by adding A B C to your log.
A. Discover another interesting rock in/around the ANF, Give coordinates. Identify your rock and explain your choice. If you found your rock at a geocache/earthcache site, give name of the cache and GC number instead of cooordinates.
B. JOURNEY OF THE MIND ... Science explains what we observe. Relate (in your own words) something you found interesting in the reading. This adds to your learning adventure and your log.
C. JOURNEY OF THE HEART ... Art shares our personal experience of what we see. Share something special you found on site, and why it is special to you ... prose / story / poem / picture. This is a memorable addition to your log and will make other hearts smile.
Journeys of Heart and Mind ...
Stories to Touch the Heart and Puzzles to Challenge the Mind / Rainbow Tree Story
The native rocks in the Allegheny National Forest are sandstone (feels gritty), shale (smells like wet mud when moistened), conglomerate (pieces of other rocks), limestone (fizzes in vinegar).
NOTE: Hunting allowed, so wear orange during hunting season.
THANK YOU LN for travelling and hiking with RT to complete this Earthcache Trail.
GARDNERS ROCKS
A solid ledge of conglomerate about 51 feet thick.
AGE OF ROCKS
Olean Formation / Pottsville Group / Pennsylvanian age
CONGLOMERATES
Extraformational conglomerate - rocks and minerals significantly different from the matrix in which they are embedded.
Intraformational conglomerate - rocks and minerals consistent with the matrix in which they are embedded.
Two recognized types of intraformational conglomerates are shale-pebble and flat-pebble conglomerates.
Shale-pebble conglomerates are composed largely of rounded mud chips and pebbles held together by clay minerals and created by erosion within environments such as within a river channel or along a lake margin.
Flat-pebble conglomerates (edgewise conglomerates) consist of relatively flat lime mud chips created by either storms or tsunami eroding a shallow sea bottom or tidal currents eroding tidal flats along a shoreline.