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Benwood Limestone, Morgan County, Ohio, 1979

Dates

Dataset Reference Date
2016-03-18
Info Date
1979-09

Summary

An outcrop of the Benwood limestone of the Monongahela Group at an Ohio Power Company pit in Morgan County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, mudstone, sandstone, limestone and coal lithologies. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken by Michael C. Hansen during the Great Lakes Section Society for Sedimentary Geology's Annual Field Trip in September 1979.

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Material Request Instructions

For more information, please contact Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey, Address: 2045 Morse Rd., Columbus, OH 43229. Phone: 614-265-6576, E-mail: geo.survey@dnr.state.oh.us, Web: www.ohiogeology.com.

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  • ReSciColl Archive

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Type
NGGDPP
Reference Item
Collection of Photographic Slides and Historic Photos from Ohio
Reference File
Ohio_NGGDPP_metadatafields_final.csv

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  • S26.07.022.tif

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title Parent-57f2863ae4b0bc0bebfff9b8 Benwood Limestone, Morgan County, Ohio, 1979

NGGDPP Item Extension

alternateGeometryMorgan County (Ohio), Cumberland 7.5-minute Quadrangle
verticalExtentMax ~261
verticalExtentMin ~287
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