S05.11.002

Name/Title

S05.11.002

Description

An outcrop of the Pottsville Group-Sharon sandstone/conglomerate at the Central Silica Company east of Glenford, Perry County, Ohio. The area of the quarry has shale, siltstone, sandstone and conglomerate lithologies. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The image was taken during a teachers workshop field trip between 1988 to 1992. REVIEW This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.

Context

Man holding video camera in rock quarry pit; people behind him and other people in the foreground. Central Silica Company east of Glenford, Ohio.