S26.04.001

Name/Title

S26.04.001

Description

An outcrop of the Newland (No. 4, Brookville) coal overlain by the Putnam Hill limestone of the Allegheny Group at the reclaimed Metropolitan Brick company pit on the west side of Interestate 77 at mile marker 103, south of Canton, Summit County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone and conglomerate 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

Coal and limestone outcrop with gap in the middle; gap is surrounded by newly grown plants and hammer is resting within it. Metropolitan Brick Company pit on the west side of Interstate 77. South of Canton in Summit County, Ohio.