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S11.12.009Description
The sandstone cliff site of Ohio's only fatal landslide on United States Highway 52, west of Hanging Rock, Lawrence County, Ohio. The landslide killed James A. Spence of Ironton on December 24, 1986. Joints in the sandstone are visible in the outcrop. The massive sandstone responsible for the main mass of rockfall ranges up to 60 feet thick and is stratigraphically below the Vanport limestone. The rocks involved in the fall are assigned to either the Upper Pottsville or the Lower Allegheny Group undivided. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate, limestone, and coal lithologies. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The image comes from the files of the Ohio Department of Transportation.Context
Sandstone cliff along highway. US Highway 52 and west of Hanging Rock in Lawrence County, Ohio.