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S02.04.018Description
Horace R. Collins is shown collecting Anthony Coal for spore samples in Harrison Township, Scioto County, Ohio. This is part of the field work activities of the Regional Geology Section of the Ohio Geological Survey. This outcrop is a location for the Sciotoville clay overlain by the Anthony Coal of the Pottsville Group. This image documents the work done for Measured Stratigraphic Section File Number 14362 along the railroad cut for the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway Company track, 2 miles southwest of Gephart, Harrison Township, Scioto County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate, limestone and coal lithologies. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken by Michael C. Hansen in 1987.
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Man digging for coal samples at soil outcrop in the woods. Scioto County, Ohio.