S26.04.016

Name/Title

S26.04.016

Description

Outcrop showing the Lower Kittanning (No. 5) coal of the Allegheny Group at the Marquette Cement Manufacturing Company quarry in Decatur Township, Lawrence County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate, limestone and coal lithologies. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Gelogic 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

Limestone and coal outcrop with trees at the top. Marquette Cement Manufacturing Company quarry in Lawrence County, Ohio.