Lab 6

Jackson Springs and Geology

During this lab, we visited Jackson Springs Park in order to look a rocks located in the river bedrock and in the creek bed in the area. Also, we discussed some of the history of the area.

The river bedrock was largely composed of mica. Also, the lines in the rock tend toward the same direction which is evident in many of the surround rock structures in the area. We then traveled to the park area to take samples from the creek bed. Commonly found rocks in the area were granite, feldspar, and rocks composed from hornblende and quartz.

We also took scoops of the creek bed and put into the separation tool that allowed us to see the different grain sizes of materials in the creek bed. In this we saw many pebbles, sands, and eventually silt.