S26.04.009

Name/Title

S26.04.009

Description

An outcrop of the Putnam Hill limestone of the Allegheny Group at the Diamond Portland Cement Company pit in Middlebranch, Plain Township, Stark 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 in 1960. This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.

Context

Limestone outcrop within rock quarry pit. Diamond Portland Cement Company pit in Middlebranch, Stark County, Ohio.