S23.05.011

Name/Title

S23.05.011

Description

Ohio Geological Survey employee Jack Gray on top of an outcrop of the Ohio Shale at Copperas Mountain near Bainbridge in Ross County, Ohio. The view in the photograph is looking west and upstream along the broad ancient flood plain of the glacially carved Paint Creek valley. Unit lithology in this area is Ohio Shale overlain by Bedford Shale and Berea Sandstone. Bedrock is from the Devonian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken October 26, 1982. This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.

Context

Man standing at the top of a rock outcrop and looking right at the camera. Copperas Mountain near Bainbridge, Ohio.