S26.04.071

Name/Title

S26.04.071

Description

The Allegheny Group Putnam Hill limestone type section at Putnam Hill Park in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. John Turkopp and Wilber E. Stout did work in this area for Measured Stratigraphic Section File Number 788. 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 William Smith in 1952. This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.

Context

Man standing on limestone outcrop at park. Putnam Hill Park in Zanesville, Ohio.