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Rock Specimen from the Serpent Mound Impact Structure Near Peebles, Adams County, Ohio, 1972

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Dataset Reference Date
2014-09-23
Info Date
1972

Summary

Bracciated Greenfield Dolomite containing porphyroclasts of dolomite and sphalerite. The sample comes from a graben in the central uplift (from page 396 of The Serpent Mound Cryptoexplosion Structure, Southwestern, Ohio by Stephen P. Reidel and Frank L. Koucky part of the Geological Society of America's GSA Cincinnati '81 Field Trip Guidebooks, v. 2. Economic Geology, Structure). The Serpent Mound Impact Structure is an approximately 9-mile-diameter area of highly disturbed and structurally deformed bedrock at the intersection of Adams, Highland and Pike counties. The area of the impact structure has dolomite, shale, limestone, sandstone, and siltstone lithologies. Because of the geologic forces that have acted on the site of the impact [...]

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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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NGGDPP
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Collection of Photographic Slides and Historic Photos from Ohio
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Ohio_NGGDPP_metadatafields_final.csv

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  • S04.03.003.tif

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title Parent-57f2863ae4b0bc0bebfff9b8 Rock Specimen from the Serpent Mound Impact Structure Near Peebles, Adams County, Ohio, 1972

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alternateGeometryAdams County (Ohio), Peebles (Ohio), Serpent Mound State Memorial (Ohio), Sinking Spring 7.5-minute Quadrangle

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