Flint Ridge Ancient Quarries and Nature Preserve | |
Nearest city | Brownsville, Ohio |
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Coordinates | 39°59′25″N 82°15′36″W / 39.990322°N 82.260004°W |
Area | 250 acres (100 ha) |
NRHP reference No. | 70000505[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 10, 1970 |
Flint Ridge Ancient Quarries and Nature Preserve is a Native American flint quarry located in Hopewell Township, Licking County, Ohio, about 3 miles (5 km) north of Brownsville at the intersection of Brownsville Road and Flint Ridge Road. Old quarry pits are visible, and a museum is located on the site.
Flint is a variety of quartz and the flint on the ridge is within the Vanport Limestone Member of the Allegheny Formation of Pennsylvanian age.[2][3]
Flint Ridge was an important source of flint and Native Americans extracted the flint from hundreds of quarries along the ridge.[4] This "Ohio Flint" was traded across the eastern United States and has been found as far west as the Rocky Mountains and south around the Gulf of Mexico.[5]
Media related to Flint Ridge State Memorial at Wikimedia Commons
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