S17.09.007

Name/Title

S17.09.007

Description

An outcrop of the Middle Kittanning (No. 6) coal of the Allegheny Group at the old Congo Coal and Mining Company operation area near Congo in Monroe Township, Perry County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate, limestone, coal, clay and flint lithologies. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The area was visited by Horace R. Collins and David K. Webb when the photograph was taken in April 1969. REVIEW This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.

Context

Coal outcrop wall with pool of water in foreground. Congo Coal and Mining Company site. Perry County, Ohio.