Geologic Features |
Geologic Features |
| Monocacy River Cave | contact: Jim Reger, (jreger@mgs.md.gov ) |
| Monocacy River Cave | |||
| Geology: | (click on an image for a larger view) | ||
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Monocacy River Cave is developed in thinly-bedded Frederick Limestone. |
Monocacy
River Cave |
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| Description | |||
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small cave is 20 feet above the east bank of the Monocacy River, east of
Hansonville (just above the power line). The entrance is 4 feet wide and
2 feet high, at the base of a small cliff. The cave extends for 25 feet
to the southeast as a crawlway and continues as a 10-inch tube. The floor
is composed of river alluvium.
(from ES3 -Caves of Maryland) |
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| updated
2/11/02
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