Flint Ridge State Memorial

Flint Ridge Ancient Quarries and Nature Preserve
A typical boulder at the site
Nearest cityBrownsville, Ohio
Coordinates39°59′25″N 82°15′36″W / 39.990322°N 82.260004°W / 39.990322; -82.260004
Area250 acres (100 ha)
NRHP reference No.70000505[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 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 owned and operated by the Ohio History Connection is located on the site.[2]

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.[3][4]

Flint Ridge was an important source of flint and Native Americans extracted the flint from hundreds of quarries along the ridge.[5] This "Ohio Flint" was traded across eastern North America and has been found as far west as present-day Kansas City[4] and south around the Gulf of Mexico.[6] Flint from the Knife River area in modern North Dakota has been found in archaeological sites associated with the Hopewell Culture in Ohio.[7][a] Ohio flint is the state gemstone of Ohio.[10][11]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Unique petrological characteristics of individual flint deposits permit stones' association with sources.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Getz, Garry L. (2023). "FLINT Ohio's Official Gemstone" (PDF). Ohio Department of Natural Resources (Revised ed.). Educational Leaflet No. 6. Retrieved February 7, 2026.
  3. ^ Rice, C.L., Kosanke, R.M., and Henry, T.W., 1994, Revision of nomenclature and correlations of some Middle Pennsylvanian units in the northwestern part of the Appalachian basin, Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia, IN Rice, C.L., ed., Elements of Pennsylvanian stratigraphy, central Appalachian basin: Geological Society of America Special Paper, 294, p. 7–26. doi:10.1130/SPE294-p7 ISBN 9780813722948
  4. ^ a b DeLong, R. M., 1972, Bedrock Geology of the Flint Ridge Area, Licking and Muskingum Counties, Ohio: Ohio Division of Geological Survey Report of Investigations 84, color map with text. hdl:1811/80331 — via The Ohio State University
  5. ^ "Ohio Historical Society: Flint Ridge". Archived from the original on December 27, 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2010.
  6. ^ King, Hobart M. "Uses of Flint - Tools, weapons, fire starters, gemstones". geology.com. Retrieved February 7, 2026.
  7. ^ DeBoer, Warren R. (2004). "Little Bighorn on the Scioto: The Rocky Mountain Connection to Ohio Hopewell". American Antiquity. 69 (1): 85–107. doi:10.2307/4128349. JSTOR 4128349.
  8. ^ Stout, Wilbur; Schoenlaub, R.A. (1945). The Occurrence of Flint in Ohio (PDF). Fourth Series. Columbus: State of Ohio Department of Natural Resources. p. 13. Bulletin 46. Retrieved February 7, 2026.
  9. ^ Clark, Frances (1984). "Knife River Flint and Interregional Exchange". Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology. 9 (2): 173–198. JSTOR 20707930.
  10. ^ "OHIO'S STATE GEMSTONE". Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved February 7, 2026.
  11. ^ "Section 5.07 | State gem stone". Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules. August 24, 1965. Retrieved February 7, 2026.

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