S20.07.002

Name/Title

S20.07.002

Description

Machinery crushing stone from 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 in summer 1988. REVIEW This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.

Context

Looking into metal machine crushing sandstone rocks. Central Silica Company in Perry County, Ohio.