S26.03.016

Name/Title

S26.03.016

Description

An outcrop showing a possible fault line in the Pottsville Group at Bowling Green Township, Licking County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate, limestone, coal, clay and flint lithologies. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken by Pauline Smyth on September 23, 1953. This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.

Context

Sandstone and sandy colored siltstone alongside highway; shows possible fracture in the rock. Licking County, Ohio.