S23.05.017

Name/Title

S23.05.017

Description

Distant view of an outcrop of the Ohio Shale at Copperas Mountain near Bainbridge in Ross County, Ohio. The photograph is taken looking southward across the farm fields of the Paint Creek valley toward the cliff face wall. 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

View of shale outcrop from a field. Copperas Mountain near Bainbridge, Ohio.