Name/Title
S25.04.005Description
Outcrop of the Buena Vista Sandstone on the weathered and heavily gullied exposure of the Cuyahoga Formation along United States Highway 23, north of Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. The contact with the overlying sandstone-rich and cliff-forming Logan Formation is present near the top of the hill out of view. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone and conglomerate lithologies. Bedrock at this location is from the Devonian and Mississippian Geologic Periods. The photograph was taken by Michael C. Hansen in 1979.
REVIEW
Audrey Blakeman and Frank Fugitt are conducting background work on this area to standardize the nomenclature 2015/2016.
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Sandstone outcrop with scattered rocks in the foreground. Along US Highway 23 and north of Portsmouth. Scioto County, Ohio.