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S16.02.121Description
An outcrop of reworked coal between the Lower Kittanning (No. 5) coal and the Middle Kittanning (No. 6) coal of the Allegheny Group in Osnaburg Township, Stark County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate, limestone, coal, clay and flint lithologies. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken at the location of Measured Stratigraphic Section File Number 14944, measured by Richard M. DeLong and Joseph A. Granchi on September 22, 1959. The Middle Kittanning (No. 6) coal is generally described as weathered. The detailed measured section file information for the coal describes it as reworked, interbedded with shale, each 1/4 to 4 inches thick, laterally thinning to 1 inch of possible in situ coal.
REVIEW
The slide says: GSO 14944-Unit 3 Claypit NATCO Stark Co. Osnaburg Twp. Sec: 17 SW. Westview Reworked coal between No. 5 & No. 6 coals-Strasburg? R.M. DeLong
The name NATCO is related to the National Fireproofing Company, but association needs to be researched further.
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Man standing next to coal outcrop. Taken in Stark County, Ohio.