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S26.03.026Description
An outcrop of the Lower Mercer limestone of the Pottsville Group along jointed bedrock in the streambed of Blunt Run in Muskingum Township, Muskingum County, Ohio. This photograph was taken in 1981, but references the 1916 field work done for Measured Stratigraphic Section File Numbers 719 and 722. 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 Michael C. Hansen in 1981.
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Stream moving north in the woods; people can be seen on the left side of stream in the distance. Blunt Run in Muskingum County, Ohio.