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Parfrey's Glen Trail In Gorge - NAT09 VAC09 - 86

This is quartzite conglomerate, a "plum pudding" stone, in which the quartzite "plums" are cemented in sandstone "pudding". The later represents an ancient sandy beach. The walls are zoned: layers of conglomerate alternate with bands where are relatively few pieces of quartzite.

 

The uppermost part of the Glen, with its jumble of huge fallen rocks, has a depth of nearly 100 feet. ( "Devil's Lake State Park Visitor", Wi DNR PUB-PR-111 2009).

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Uploaded on August 5, 2009
Taken on July 28, 2009